Serine/theonine protein kinase

ABSTRACT

A mouse CDNA encoding a protein comprising a serine/threonine protein kinase region was isolated by effecting PCR using a synthetic DNA corresponding to the kinase-conserved region as a primer and a rat cDNA as a template. A mouse cDNA library was screened using the DNA fragment thus obtained as a probe. The multiple human and mouse cDNAs having the similar structure to the isolated mouse cDNA were successfully isolated based on the sequence of the isolated mouse cDNA. An antisense DNA against the isolated mouse cDNA was synthesized, and its effect on a nerve cell was studied to confirm that the antisense DNA inhibits axonal elongation.

This application is a continuation-in-part of PCT/JP98/01246, filed Mar.23, 1998, and claims priority from Japanese Application No. 9/124798,filed Apr. 28, 1997.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a useful serine/threonine proteinkinase, a DNA encoding the protein kinase, a vector comprising the DNA,a host harboring the vector, and an antibody that binds to the proteinkinase.

BACKGROUND ART

Protein kinase is an enzyme that phosphorylates serine, threonine, ortyrosine residues of substrate proteins, and numerous protein kinasefamilies are known. It is known that protein kinase controls variousbiological phenomena by regulating the intracellular signal transductionsystem through protein phosphorylation (Hunter, T., A thousand and oneprotein kinases, Cell, 50:823-829, 1987).

One of a group of nematode (C. elegans) mutants (uncoordinated),“unc-51,” causes movement disorder and a responsible gene “UNC-51 ”found in unc-51 reportedly encodes a novel serine/threonine proteinkinase (Ogura, K. et al., Caenorhabditis elegans unc-51 gene requiredfor axonal elongation encodes a novel serine/threonine kinase, GenesDev., 8:2389-2400, 1994). The result of tissue staining confirmed thatthe unc-51 mutant has axonal elongation disorder, and the UNC-51 kinasegene was thought to be essential for axonal elongation (Ogura, K. etal., Caenorhabditis elegans unc-51 gene required for axonal elongationencodes a novel serine/threonine kinase, Genes Dev., 8:2389-2400, 1994).

The mechanism of axonal biosynthesis in mammals has not been revealedyet at the molecular level. C. elegans is an excellent experimentalmodel for axonal biosynthesis, and the involvement of similar moleculesin both mammals and C. elegans has been suggested. The isolation ofmammalian molecule having the similar function as the UNC-51 kinase ofthe nematode has been desired.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

An objective of the present invention is to provide a mammalianserine/threonine protein kinase involved in axonal formation.

As a result of research to achieve the above objective, the inventorssuccessfully isolated a mouse cDNA encoding a protein comprising aserine/threonine protein kinase region by effecting PCR using asynthetic DNA corresponding to the kinase-conserved region as a primerand a rat cDNA as a template, and screening a mouse cDNA library usingthe DNA fragment thus obtained as a probe. The multiple human and mousecDNAs having the similar structure to the isolated mouse cDNA weresuccessfully isolated based on the sequence of the isolated mouse cDNA.The inventors synthesized an antisense DNA against the isolated mousecDNA, and its effect on a nerve cell was studied to confirm that theantisense DNA inhibits axonal elongation.

The present invention relates to a mammalian serine/threonine proteinkinase involved in axonal formation. More specifically, the inventionrelates to:

(1) a protein comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2, 4, 14, 16, or 21, or a protein comprising the amino acid sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 14, 16, or 21, in which one or more aminoacids are substituted, deleted, or added, wherein said protein hasactivity of serine/threonine protein kinase;

(2) a protein encoded by a DNA hybridizing with a DNA comprising thenucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 13, 15, or 20, whereinsaid protein has the activity of serine/threonine protein kinase;

(3) a protein comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2, 4, 14, 16, or 21, or a protein comprising the amino acid sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 14, 16, or 21, in which one or more aminoacids are substituted, deleted, or added, wherein said protein inducesaxonal elongation;

(4) a protein encoded by a DNA hybridizing with a DNA comprising thenucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 13, 15, or 20, whereinsaid protein induces axonal elongation;

(5) the protein of (2) or (4), wherein said protein is derived from amammal;

(6) a DNA encoding any one of the proteins of (1) to (5);

(7) an antisense DNA against a DNA comprising the nucleotide sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 13, 15, or 20 or a part thereof, whereinsaid DNA or a part thereof-inhibits axonal elongation;

(8) a vector comprising the DNA of (6) or (7);

(9) a host cell harboring the vector of (8); and

(10) an antibody that binds to the protein of (1) or (2).

A “protein” used herein includes a peptide with a short amino acidsequence.

The present invention relates to a mammal-derived serine/threonineprotein kinase involved in axonal formation. The inventors isolated amouse cDNA highly homologous to the kinase region of UNC-51, aserine/threonine kinase that induces axonal elongation in a nematode, C.elegans (Ogura, K. et al., Caenorhabditis elegans unc-51 gene requiredfor axonal elongation encodes a novel serine/threonine kinase, GenesDev., 8:2389-2400, 1994) (this clone was named “MUK1”). The nucleotidesequence of the MUK1 cDNA is shown in SEQ ID NO: 1. The inventors alsoisolated four cDNAs comprising the similar structure to the MUK1 cDNA byscreening a human cerebellum library, a mouse cerebellum library, ahuman NH-2 cell library, and a mouse brain library, based on thesequence of MUK1. The isolated four cDNAs were considered to be a humancounterpart (SEQ ID NO: 3), a splicing valiant (SEQ ID NO: 13), a humanhomologue (SEQ ID NO: 15), and a family gene (SEQ ID NO: 20) (named“MUK2”) of MUK1 considering their structural characteristics. Theanalysis of structures of the proteins encoded by these isolated cDNAsconfirmed that all the proteins possess the kinase-conserved region.This fact indicates that those proteins would be involved in signaltransduction through phosphorylation of other proteins. When anantisense DNA against the MUK1 cDNA (SEQ ID NO: 8) was added to Neuro2Acells derived from neuroblast cells, axonal elongation in the cells wasinhibited. Those proteins may thus be involved in axonal elongation bysignal transduction through phosphorylation of other proteins.

Among these proteins, the protein (SEQ ID NO: 4) encoded by cDNA setforth in SEQ ID NO: 3 is a partial sequence comprising the sequencecorresponding to the serine/threonine protein kinase region. A proteinencoded by the full-length DNA can be obtained by methods well known inthe art. For example, the full-length DNA is isolated by screening alibrary with a partial sequence of the DNA of SEQ ID NO: 3 as probe orby PCR (Current protocols in Molecular Biology ed. by Ausubel et al.(1987) published by John Wiley & Sons, Section 6.1-6.4), the isolatedfull-length DNA is introduced into cultured cells such as COS cells toexpress the protein in the cells (Current Protocols in MolecularBiology, ed. by Ausubel et al. (1987) published by John Wiley & Sons,Section 9.1-9.9), then the protein is purified. The thus-isolatedprotein is also included in the protein of this invention.

Functional equivalents to the protein set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 14,16, or 21 can be obtained by substituting amino acid residue(s) of theseproteins using usually used methods such as site-directed mutagenesis(Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, ed. by Ausubel et al. (1987)published by John Wiley & Sons, Section 8.1-8.5). This invention alsoincludes proteins functionally equivalent to the protein of SEQ ID NO:2, 4, 14, 16, or 21, in which one or more amino acids are substituted,deleted, or added. Alternatively, functionally equivalent proteins tothe protein of SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 14, 16, or 21 can be obtained byisolating DNAs highly homologous to DNA sequences (or a part thereof) ofSEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 13, 15, and 20, using the known hybridization technique(Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, ed. by Ausubel et al. (1987)published by John Wiley & Sons, Sections 6.3, 6.4). The protein of thepresent invention includes such proteins functionally equivalent to theproteins of SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 14, 16, and 21, encoded by a DNAhybridizing with the DNA of SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 13, 15, or 20. Thefunctionally equivalent proteins obtained by the hybridization techniqueare highly homologous in the amino acid sequence to the protein of SEQID NO: 2, 4, 14, 16, or 21 in general. High homology is preferably 60%or more, more preferably 80% or more, and most preferably 95% or more.The hybridization and washing conditions for isolating DNA encoding afunctionally equivalent protein are defined as low stringency: 37° C.,1×SSC, 0.1% SDS; moderate stringency: 42° C., 0.5×SSC, 0.1% SDS; andhigh stringency: 65° C., 0.2×SSC, 0.1% SDS. The “DNA hybridizing with”used herein include not only full-length DNAs hybridizing with the DNAof SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 13, 15, or 20, but also DNAs comprising a regionhybridizing with the above DNA. A “functionally equivalent protein”means a protein that having the serine/threonine protein kinase activitysimilar to that of the protein of SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 14, 16, or 21, and/orinduces axonal elongation. “Serine/threonine protein kinase activity”means biochemical activity to phosphorylate substrate proteins andcellular biological activity induced by this biochemical activity. Thebiochemical activity of the serine/threonine protein kinase can bedetected as autophosphorylation—and phosphorylation of basic proteins(such as a myelin basic protein, histone, or tau protein) in thepresence of magnesium ions and ATP (Protein Kinase and Phosphatase, D.G. Hardie, translated by H. Hidaka, Medical Science International,p101-120). On the other hand, the biological activity can be detected asthe cellular change when a DNA encoding serine/threonine protein kinaseor its variant is expressed in cells (Muramatsu, M. et al., ProteinKinase and Signal Transduction: Studies with mutant protein kinases(1993) p185-192, The mechanism and new approach on drug resistance ofcancer cells, The Elsevier Science Publishers). The “axonalelongation-inducing activity” can be detected by, for example, byintroducing a DNA encoding the protein of the invention into culturednerve cells such as Nero2A cells, PC12 cells, and NT-2 cells(Stratagene) and observing the cells under a phase-contrast microscope(Ulloa, et al., Depletion of casein kinase II by antisenseoligonucleotide prevents neuritogenesis in neuroblastoma cells, EMBO.J., 12:1633-1640, 1993).

The protein of the present invention can be prepared as a recombinantprotein or a natural protein. A recombinant protein can be prepared, forexample, by inserting a DNA encoding the protein of the invention (e.g.,the DNA of SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 13, 15, or 20) into an appropriateexpression vector, introducing the vector into a host cell, expressingthe protein in the transformant, and purifying the protein, as describedlater. A natural protein can be prepared by the standard methods, forexample, using an affinity column with an antibody (Current Protocols inMolecular Biology ed. by Ausubel et al. (1987) published by John andWiley & Sons, Section 16.1-16.19). The antibody can be either amonoclonal antibody or a polyclonal antibody. A polyclonal antibody canbe obtained by synthesizing oligopeptides corresponding to the aminoacid sequence of interest and immunizing a rabbit with it, following thestandard method (Current Protocols in Molecular Biology ed. by Ausubelet al. (1987) published by John Wiley & Sons, Section 11.12-11.13). Amonoclonal antibody can be prepared by immunizing a mouse with apurified protein of interest expressed in E. coli by a standard method,fusing a spleen cell and a myeloma cell to produce hybridoma cells, andthen obtaining a monoclonal antibody from the hybridoma (CurrentProtocols in Molecular Biology ed. by Ausubel et al. (1987) published byJohn Wiley & Sons, Section 11.4-11.11). When an antibody that binds tothe protein of the invention is used for antibody therapy, a humanantibody or a humanized antibody that has low immunogenicity ispreferably used. A human antibody can be prepared, for example, byimmunizing a mouse whose immune system is replaced by the human systemin the same manner as described above for producing the monoclonalantibody. A humanized antibody can be prepared by the recombinant DNAtechnology using hypervariable region of the monoclonal antibody(Methods in Enzymology, 203:99-121, 1991).

This invention also relates to the DNA encoding the above-describedprotein of the invention. The form of the DNA of the invention is notparticularly limited as long as it encodes the protein of the invention,including cDNA, genomic DNA, chemically synthesized DNA, etc. The DNA ofthe present invention can be isolated by the standard method, such asthe hybridization method using the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 13,15, or 20 as a probe, or PCR using the primers synthesized based onthese DNA sequences. The DNA of the invention can be used to preparerecombinant proteins. That is, the protein of the invention can beprepared as a recombinant protein by inserting the DNA of this inventionin an appropriate vector, introducing the vector into a host cell, andculturing the transformant. Any vector capable of stably maintaining theinserted DNA can be used without limitation. For example, Bluescriptvector (Stratagene) is preferable when a host cell is E. coli. When avector is used to produce the protein of the invention, an expressionvector is especially useful. Any expression vector can be used withoutlimitation as long as it expresses the protein of this invention invitro, in E. coli, in a cultured cell line, or in vivo. For example,pBEST vector (Promega) is preferably used for expression in vitro, andpET vector (Invitrogen) for E. coli, pME18S vector (Mol Cell Biol.8:466-472, 1988) for cultured cell lines and in vivo. The DNA of theinvention can be inserted into a vector by the methods well known in theart, for example, ligation at the restriction enzyme site (CurrentProtocols in Molecular Biology ed. by Ausubel et al. (1987) published byJohn Wiley & Sons, Section 11. 4-11.11). A vector can be introduced intoany host cell without limitation. For example, a cell capable ofoverexpressing the protein, such as COS cells and CHO cells, can beused. A vector can be introduced into a host cell by the method wellknown in the art, such as calcium phosphate precipitation,electroporation (Current Protocols in Molecular Biology ed. by Ausubelet al. (1987) published by John Wiley & Sons, Section 9.1-9.9), thelipofectamine method (GIBCO-BRL), or microinjection.

The DNA and its antisense DNA of the present invention can be used forpromoting or inhibiting axonal elongation. Therefore, those DNAs areuseful for diagnosis and gene therapy of various inherited neuropathy,senile dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and psychoneurosis, which causeaxonal elongation disorder. For gene therapy, the above DNA or antisenseDNA is inserted into a retrovirus vector or an adenovirus vector- andadministered to a patient by the in vivo or ex vivo method. Theantisense DNA can be prepared, for example, by the phosphorothioatemethod (Stein, 1988 Physicochemical properties of phosphorothioateoligodeoxynucleotides, Nucleic Acids Res. 16:3209-3221, 1988) based onthe DNA sequence information of the invention (for example, the DNA ofSEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 13, 15, or 20). The axonal elongation-inhibitoryactivity of the thus-prepared antisense DNA can be detected by observingcultured nerve cells such as Nero2A cells, PC12 cells, and NT-2 cells(Stratagene), into which the antisense DNA was introduced, under aphase-contrast microscope (Ulloa et al., Depletion of casein kinase IIby antisense oligonucleotide prevents neuritogenesis in neuroblastomacells, EMBO. J., 12:1633-1640, 1993).

An “isolated nucleic acid” is a nucleic acid the structure of which isnot identical to that of any naturally occurring nucleic acid or to thatof any fragment of a naturally occurring genomic nucleic acid spanningmore than three separate genes. The term therefore covers, for example,(a) a DNA which has the sequence of part of a naturally occurringgenomic DNA molecule but is not flanked by both of the coding sequencesthat flank that part of the molecule in the genome of the organism inwhich it naturally occurs; (b) a nucleic acid incorporated into a vectoror into the genomic DNA of a prokaryote or eukaryote in a manner suchthat the resulting molecule is not identical to any naturally occurringvector or genomic DNA; (c) a separate molecule such as a cDNA, a genomicfragment, a fragment produced by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or arestriction fragment; and (d) a recombinant nucleotide sequence that ispart of a hybrid gene, i.e., a gene encoding a fusion protein.Specifically excluded from this definition are nucleic acids present inmixtures of different (i) DNA molecules, (ii) transfected cells, or(iii) cell clones: e.g., as these occur in a DNA library such as a cDNAor genomic DNA library.

The term “substantially pure” as used herein in reference to a givenpolypeptide means that the polypeptide is substantially free from otherbiological compounds, such as those in cellular material, viralmaterial, or culture medium, with which the polypeptide was associated(e.g., in the course of production by recombinant DNA techniques orbefore purification from a natural biological source). The substantiallypure polypeptide is at least 75% (e.g., at least 80, 85, 95, or 99%)pure by dry weight. Purity can be measured by any appropriate standardmethod, for example, by column chromatography, polyacrylamide gelelectrophoresis, or HPLC analysis.

A “conservative amino acid substitution” is one in which an amino acidresidue is replaced with another residue having a chemically similarside chain. Families of amino acid residues having similar side chainshave been defined in the art. These families include amino acids withbasic side chains (e.g., lysine, arginine, histidine), acidic sidechains (e.g., aspartic acid, glutamic acid), uncharged polar side chains(e.g., glycine, asparagine, glutamine, serine, threonine, tyrosine,cysteine), nonpolar side chains (e.g., alanine, valine, leucine,isoleucine, proline, phenylalanine, methionine, tryptophan),beta-branched side chains (e.g., threonine, valine, isoleucine) andaromatic side chains (e.g., tyrosine, phenylalanine, tryptophan,histidine).

As used herein, “percent identity” of two amino acid sequences or of twonucleic acids is determined using the algorithm of Karlin and Altschul(Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87:2264-2268, 1990), modified as in Karlinand Altschul (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:5873-5877, 1993). Such analgorithm is incorporated into the NBLAST and XBLAST programs ofAltschul et al. (J. Mol. Biol. 215:403-410, 1990). BLAST nucleotidesearches are performed with the NBLAST program, score=100, wordlength=12to obtain nucleotide sequences homologous to a nucleic acid molecules ofthe invention. BLAST protein searches are performed with the XBLASTprogram, score=50, wordlength=3 to obtain amino acid sequenceshomologous to a reference polypeptide. To obtain gapped alignments forcomparison purposes, Gapped BLAST is utilized as described in Altschulet al. (Nucleic Acids Res. 25:3389-3402, 1997). When utilizing BLAST andGapped BLAST programs, the default parameters of the respective programs(e.g., XBLAST and NBLAST) are used. See http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.

By “inhibiting” is meant any measurable level of inhibition, including,for example, 100% or 10% inhibition.

Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used hereinhave the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill inthe art to which this invention belongs. In case of conflict, thepresent application, including definitions, will control. Allpublications, patent applications, patents, and other referencesmentioned herein are incorporated by reference. The materials, methods,and examples are illustrative only and not intended to be limiting.Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from thedetailed description, and from the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a fluorescent film image showing the MUK1 protein detected byimmunoblotting. Lane 1 detects the control using the protein extractedfrom COS cells without the MUK1 protein expression vector, “pME-MUK1.”Lane 2 detects the protein extracted from COS cells carrying pME-MUK1.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are micrographs detecting effects of MUK1 on axonalelongation. FIG. 2A is the control without MUK1. FIG. 2B shows theeffect of the MUK1 antisense DNA. FIG. 2C shows the effect of the MUK1sense DNA.

FIG. 3 compares the amino acid sequence of MUK1 and that of MUK2. Theamino acid positions from 1 to 550 are shown.

FIG. 4 compares the amino acid sequence of MUK1 and that of MUK2. Theamino acid positions from 551 to 1100 are shown.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present invention is illustrated in detail below with reference toexamples, but is not to be construed as being limited thereto.

EXAMPLE 1

Screening a Mouse Serine/threonine Protein Kinase Gene

In order to obtain a novel serine/threonine protein kinase, PCR wasconducted using synthetic DNA comprising the codons corresponding to thekinase-conserved region VIb (Ile-Ser-His-Arg-Glu-Leu-Gln) (SEQ ID NO: 5)and the kinase-conserved region VIII (Arg-Tyr-Met-Ala-Pro-Glu) (SEQ IDNO: 6) as the primers, and the single-stranded cDNA prepared by oligo-dTprimers from rat fetal brain mRNA as a template. The fragment of 114 bp(SEQ ID NO: 9) was obtained. Subsequently, a mouse cerebellum library(Clontech) was screened using the fragment obtained above, and cDNA of2673 bp (SEQ ID NO: 1) was isolated. The amino acid sequence deducedfrom the obtained cDNA showed 60% homology to the kinase region ofserine/threonine kinase UNC-51 of a nematode, C. elegans (Ogura, K. etal., Caenorhabditis elegans unc-51 gene required for axonal elongationencodes a novel serine/threonine kinase, Genes Dev., 8:2389-2400, 1994).Homology in regions except the kinase region is low in general. However,four highly homologous regions comprising motif-like continuous 7 to 10amino acids were found.

UNC-51 is a serine/threonine protein kinase identified in a nematode “C.elegans,” mutant suffering from movement disorders. The mutant hasaxonal elongation disorder, which was confirmed by tissue staining(Hedgecock, E. M. et al., Axonal guidance of mutants of C. elegansidentified by filling sensory neurons with fluorescein dyes, Dev. Biol.111:158-170, 1985). Mutation was identified on the coding region ofUNC-51 in multiple unc-51 mutants examined, and UNC-51 in which mutationwas introduced into the ATP binding site of the kinase region causesdominant negative mutation.—Therefore, the function of UNC-51 as aprotein kinase is considered to be essential for axonal formation(Ogura, K et al., Caenorhabditis elegans unc-51 gene required for axonalelongation encodes a novel serine/threonine kinase, Genes Dev.,8:2389-2400, 1994). The inventors named the obtained clone “Mammalianhomologue of Unc-51 Kinase-1” (abbreviated as MUK1).

EXAMPLE 2

Screening Human MUK1 cDNA

MUK1 cDNA (SEQ ID NO: 1) was labeled with ³²P using “Megaprime kit”(Amersham) to serve as a probe—for screening a human cerebellum cDNA(Clontech). 10⁶ clones from the library were transferred onto a nylonmembrane (Amersham) and fixed by UV. The ³²P-labeled probe washybridized with the clones on the membrane in QuikHyb solution(Stratagene) overnight. The membrane was washed twice in 2×SSC and 0.1%SDS at room temperature for 20 min once in 0.2×SSC and 0.1% SDS at 65°C. for 10 min to detect positive clones using Kodak XO-mat (primaryscreening). The positive clones were subjected to the secondary andtertiary screenings using the same method as above. Consequently, ahuman cDNA hybridizing with the probe was obtained (SEQ ID NO: 3). Theamino acid sequence deduced from the obtained human cDNA (SEQ ID NO: 4)showed 90% or more homology to MUK1.

EXAMPLE 3

Preparing an Antibody Against the MUK1 Protein and Determining theMolecular Weight of the MUK1 Protein

The MUK1 cDNA of SEQ ID NO: 1 was inserted into the EcoRI site of pME18Sexpression vector (Mol. Cell Biol. 8:466-472, 1988) to prepare plasmidpME-MUK1. PME-MUK1 was introduced into COS cells using lipofectamine(BRL) to—temporarily express the cDNA. After 48 hours, the cells werelysed in a buffer solution (Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 50 mM KCl, 5 mM EDTA)containing 0.2% Triton X-100. The solubilized protein was subjectedto—SDS-PAGE (10% polyacrylamide) and transferred onto PVDF membrane(Immobilon) for immunoblotting. Polyclonal antibodies obtained byimmunizing a rabbit with a peptide (SEQ ID NO: 10) corresponding to apart of the amino acid sequence derived from the MUK1 translation regionwere used as the primary antibody. Anti-rabbit Ig antibody (Amersham)was used as the secondary antibody. ECL kit (Amersham) was used for thedetection. The band of the protein was obtained at about the molecularweight of 80 kD (FIG. 1).

EXAMPLE 4

Analyzing the MUK1 Function in Nerve Cells

In order to determine whether MUK1 elongates axon or not, the antisenseDNA (SEQ ID NO: 11) was synthesized based on the nucleotide sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 1 by the phosphorothioate (S-oligo) method. Similarly, thesense DNA (SEQ ID NO: 12) was synthesized.

Neuro2A cells derived from neuroblastoma cells were transferred into ITSmedium containing DMEM medium (Nikken Biology Medicine Laboratory), 5mg/ml insulin, 5 mg/ml transferrin, and 5 ng/ml selenic acid to confirmthat axon elongated. The antisense DNA (SEQ ID NO: 11) was then added tothe ITS medium to determine whether axonal elongation of Neuro2A cellswas inhibited or not. The addition of 10 μM antisense DNA (SEQ ID NO:11) significantly inhibited axonal elongation (FIG. 2B), compared to thecontrol (FIG. 2A). In contrast, axonal elongation was not inhibited whenthe same concentration of the sense DNA (SEQ ID NO: 12) was added (FIG.2C).

EXAMPLE 5

Screening a Mouse Cerebellum Library Using the MUK1 cDNA as a Probe

The MUK1 cDNA (SEQ ID NO: 1) was labeled with ³²P by Megaprime kit(Amersham) to screen a mouse cerebellum library (Clontech). 10⁶ clonesfrom the library were transferred onto a nylon membrane (Amersham) andfixed by UV. The ³²P-labeled probe was hybridized with the clones on themembrane in QuikHyb solution (Stratagene) overnight. The membrane waswashed twice in 2×SSC and 0.1% SDS at room temperature for 20 min andonce in 0.2×SSC and 0.1% SDS at 65° C. for 10 min to detect positiveclones using Kodak XO-mat (primary screening). The positive clones weresubjected to the secondary and tertiary screenings using the same methodas above. Consequently, a 3995 bp DNA fragment (SEQ ID NO: 13) wascloned. The amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 14) deduced from ORF of SEQID NO: 13 has 575 N-terminal amino acids that are the same as the MUK1protein (SEQ ID NO: 2), but the different carboxyl-terminal amino acids.This DNA fragment was thus considered to encode the splicing variant ofMUK1.

EXAMPLE 6

Screening a Human NT-2 Cell Library Using the MUK1 cDNA as a Probe

The MUK1 cDNA (SEQ ID NO: 1) was labeled with ³²P using Megaprime Kit(Amersham) to screen a human NT-2 cell library. 10⁶ clones from thelibrary were transferred onto a nylon membrane (Amersham) and fixed byUV. The 32P-labeled probe was hybridized with the clones on the membranein QuikHyb solution (Stratagene) overnight. The membrane was washedtwice in 2×SSC and 0.1% SDS at room temperature for 20 min and once in0.2×SSC and 0.1% SDS at 65° C. for 10 min to detect positive clonesusing Kodak XO-mat (primary screening). The positive clones weresubjected to the secondary and tertiary screenings using the same methodas above. Consequently, a 5228 bp DNA fragment (SEQ ID NO: 15) wascloned. The amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 16) deduced from ORF of thisDNA fragment is 91% identical to the splicing variant of MUK1 (SEQ IDNO: 14).

EXAMPLE 7

Searching GenBank based on the deduced amino acid sequence of the MUK1protein (SEQ ID NO: 2) found similar expressed sequence tag (EST)(GenBank Accession No. W29537). A DNA was synthesized based on thisinformation (SEQ ID NO: 17 and SEQ ID NO: 18), and PCR was performedusing the synthetic DNA and using a mouse brain cDNA library (GIBCO-BRL)as a template to obtain a 445 bp DNA fragment (SEQ ID NO: 19). This DNAfragment was ³²P labeled with Megaprime kit (Amersham) and used toscreen a mouse brain library (GIBCO-BRL). 10⁶ clones from the librarywere transferred onto a nylon membrane (Amersham) and fixed by UV. The³²P-labeled probe was hybridized with the clones on the membrane inQuikHyb solution (Stratagene) overnight. The membrane was washed twicein 2×SSC and 0.1% SDS at room temperature for 20 min and once in 0.2×SSCand 0.1% SDS at 65° C. for 10 min once to detect positive clones usingKodak XO-mat (primary screening). The positive clones were subjected tothe secondary and tertiary screenings using the same method as above.Consequently, a 3455 bp DNA fragment (SEQ ID NO: 20) was successfullycloned. This clone was named MUK2.

The amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 21) deduced from ORF of this DNAfragment is 82% identical to the kinase region of the MUK1 protein, and44% to its control region, indicating that this clone is a family gene(FIGS. 3 and 4).

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The present invention provides a serine/threonine protein kinase that isindustrially highly useful. The serine/threonine protein kinase of thisinvention is involved in axonal elongation of mammals. Therefore, theserine/threonine protein kinase or its gene of the invention is usefulfor diagnosis and treatment of various inherited neuropathy, seniledementia, Alzheimer's disease, and psychoneurosis, which cause axonalelongation disorder. Low molecular weight molecules controlling kinaseactivity and biological activity of the serine/threonine protein kinaseof the invention can be screened by assaying these activities

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Val Tyr Leu Val Met Glu Tyr Cys Asn 85 90 95 ggt gga gac ctg gctgac tac ctg cac act atg cgc aca ctg agt gaa 336 Gly Gly Asp Leu Ala AspTyr Leu His Thr Met Arg Thr Leu Ser Glu 100 105 110 gac act gtc agg cttttc cta cag cag atc gct ggc gcc atg cgg ctg 384 Asp Thr Val Arg Leu PheLeu Gln Gln Ile Ala Gly Ala Met Arg Leu 115 120 125 ctg cac agc aag ggcatc atc cac cgg gac ctg aag ccc cag aac atc 432 Leu His Ser Lys Gly IleIle His Arg Asp Leu Lys Pro Gln Asn Ile 130 135 140 ctg ctg tcc aac cctggg ggc cgc cgg gcc aac ccc agc aac atc cga 480 Leu Leu Ser Asn Pro GlyGly Arg Arg Ala Asn Pro Ser Asn Ile Arg 145 150 155 160 gtc aag att gctgac ttt gga ttc gct cgg tac ctc cag agc aac atg 528 Val Lys Ile Ala AspPhe Gly Phe Ala Arg Tyr Leu Gln Ser Asn Met 165 170 175 atg gcg gcc acactc tgt ggt tct cct atg tac atg gct cct gag gtc 576 Met Ala Ala Thr LeuCys Gly Ser Pro Met Tyr Met Ala Pro Glu Val 180 185 190 att atg tcc cagcac tac gat gga aag gct gac ctg tgg agc att ggc 624 Ile Met Ser Gln HisTyr Asp Gly Lys Ala Asp Leu Trp Ser Ile Gly 195 200 205 acc att gtc taccag tgt ctg aca ggg aag gcc cct ttt cag gcc agc 672 Thr Ile Val Tyr GlnCys Leu Thr Gly Lys Ala Pro Phe Gln Ala Ser 210 215 220 agc cct cag gatttg cgc ctg ttt tat gag aag aac aag aca cta gtt 720 Ser Pro Gln Asp LeuArg Leu Phe Tyr Glu Lys Asn Lys Thr Leu Val 225 230 235 240 cct gcc atcccc cgg gag aca tca gct ccc ctg cgg cag ctg ctc ctg 768 Pro Ala Ile ProArg Glu Thr Ser Ala Pro Leu Arg Gln Leu Leu Leu 245 250 255 gct ctg ttgcag cgg aac cac aag gac cgc atg gac ttt gat gaa ttt 816 Ala Leu Leu GlnArg Asn His Lys Asp Arg Met Asp Phe Asp Glu Phe 260 265 270 ttc cac caccct ttc ttg gat gcc agc acc ccc atc aag aaa tcc cca 864 Phe His His ProPhe Leu Asp Ala Ser Thr Pro Ile Lys Lys Ser Pro 275 280 285 cct gtg cctgtg ccc tca tat cca agc tca ggg tct ggc agc agc tcc 912 Pro Val Pro ValPro Ser Tyr Pro Ser Ser Gly Ser Gly Ser Ser Ser 290 295 300 agc agc agctct gcc tcc cac ctg gcc tct cca ccg tcc ctg ggg gag 960 Ser Ser Ser SerAla Ser His Leu Ala Ser Pro Pro Ser Leu Gly Glu 305 310 315 320 atg ccacag cta cag aag acc ctt acc tcc cca gcc gat gct gct ggc 1008 Met Pro GlnLeu Gln Lys Thr Leu Thr Ser Pro Ala Asp Ala Ala Gly 325 330 335 ttt cttcag ggc tcc cgg gac tct ggt ggc agc agc aaa gac tcc tgt 1056 Phe Leu GlnGly Ser Arg Asp Ser Gly Gly Ser Ser Lys Asp Ser Cys 340 345 350 gac acagat gac ttt gtc atg gtc cca gcc cag ttt cca ggt gat cta 1104 Asp Thr AspAsp Phe Val Met Val Pro Ala Gln Phe Pro Gly Asp Leu 355 360 365 gtt gctgag gca gcc agt gcc aag ccc cca cct gat agc ctg ctg tgt 1152 Val Ala GluAla Ala Ser Ala Lys Pro Pro Pro Asp Ser Leu Leu Cys 370 375 380 agt gggagc tca ttg gtg gcc tct gct ggc cta gag agc cac ggc cgt 1200 Ser Gly SerSer Leu Val Ala Ser Ala Gly Leu Glu Ser His Gly Arg 385 390 395 400 accccc tct ccc tct ccg acc tgc agc agc tct ccc agc ccc tct ggc 1248 Thr ProSer Pro Ser Pro Thr Cys Ser Ser Ser Pro Ser Pro Ser Gly 405 410 415 cggcct ggc ccc ttc tcc agc aac agg tac ggt gcc tcg gtc ccc att 1296 Arg ProGly Pro Phe Ser Ser Asn Arg Tyr Gly Ala Ser Val Pro Ile 420 425 430 cctgtc ccc act cag gtg cac aat tac cag cgc atc gag caa aac ctg 1344 Pro ValPro Thr Gln Val His Asn Tyr Gln Arg Ile Glu Gln Asn Leu 435 440 445 caatcg ccc act caa cag cag aca gcc cgg tcc tct gcc atc cga agg 1392 Gln SerPro Thr Gln Gln Gln Thr Ala Arg Ser Ser Ala Ile Arg Arg 450 455 460 tcaggg agc acc agc ccc ctg ggc ttt ggc cgg gcc agc cca tca ccc 1440 Ser GlySer Thr Ser Pro Leu Gly Phe Gly Arg Ala Ser Pro Ser Pro 465 470 475 480ccc tcc cac acc gat ggg gcc atg ctg gcc agg aag ctg tca ctt gga 1488 ProSer His Thr Asp Gly Ala Met Leu Ala Arg Lys Leu Ser Leu Gly 485 490 495ggt ggc cgt ccc tac aca cct tct ccc caa gtg gga acc atc cca gag 1536 GlyGly Arg Pro Tyr Thr Pro Ser Pro Gln Val Gly Thr Ile Pro Glu 500 505 510cga ccc agc tgg agc aga gtg ccc tcc cca caa gga gct gat gtg cgg 1584 ArgPro Ser Trp Ser Arg Val Pro Ser Pro Gln Gly Ala Asp Val Arg 515 520 525gtt ggc agg tca cca cga ccc ggt tcc tct gtg cct gag cac tct cca 1632 ValGly Arg Ser Pro Arg Pro Gly Ser Ser Val Pro Glu His Ser Pro 530 535 540aga acc act ggg ctg ggc tgc cgc ctg cac agt gcc cct aac ctg tcc 1680 ArgThr Thr Gly Leu Gly Cys Arg Leu His Ser Ala Pro Asn Leu Ser 545 550 555560 gac ttc cat gtt gtg cgt ccc aag ctg cct aag ccc cca aca gac ccc 1728Asp Phe His Val Val Arg Pro Lys Leu Pro Lys Pro Pro Thr Asp Pro 565 570575 cgt act aac aaa aat ggc taataacgaa atggctaatg catggtcaat 1776 ArgThr Asn Lys Asn Gly 580 ccccggcccc cgttttttcg cattccaagc cgcattgaagataatgaagc ctatcatcgc 1836 cagcgttagc cacaaattgt tgactcggaa aatatactttagcaagtaac ccacgataaa 1896 tagttgtaca acagcccgca cgacaccaat gacgatgtccctatctaagc caagtttctg 1956 ccacaaacta attcctaacg cgacgagcac taacattgccgccaaaaata gtgacgtatt 2016 attaactgct aaattcatgc gtgtacctcc aatctgccagcaaccacttt cgctaactga 2076 tctgccgcag caatctctgt cgcgtcatga gtaatcatgatcgttgtcac gtgatcctgc 2136 tcatttaact gtcgtaacca ggcgtgcacg atttgcttattattttcatc caaaccagct 2196 gtcacctcat ctaataacaa cacttttggt aagaataagatgttgcgaag cagcgcgacc 2256 cgctgccgtt caccaccgga aagctcgata atcggctgatgcagggttcg ttcggacagc 2316 ccaacattat ttaacgccgt taccactcgt tgcgtatccatgacttgctt acgaatttgg 2376 tacgggaaag ctaagttatc tgctaccgtc tcaccaaataacgtcggttg ttggaaacaa 2436 tatgagactt gccgccgata catgattggg tcataactttcaatcggctg cccatcaaaa 2496 atcaaggtcc cacttgtttt agaaatcatg gccgcaatgatccgtaataa cgtacttttc 2556 ccaccaccgg atggtcccgt caatgtaata tgagccccagctggaatctg ccaatcaaca 2616 tcatgtaaaa tatgttgatc agcgatttga taattaactttttctaaact aatcaat 2673 <210> SEQ ID NO 2 <211> LENGTH: 582 <212> TYPE:PRT <213> ORGANISM: Mus musculus <400> SEQUENCE: 2 Met Glu Pro Gly ArgGly Gly Val Glu Thr Val Gly Lys Phe Glu Phe 1 5 10 15 Ser Arg Lys AspLeu Ile Gly His Gly Ala Phe Ala Val Val Phe Lys 20 25 30 Gly Arg His ArgGlu Lys His Asp Leu Glu Val Ala Val Lys Cys Ile 35 40 45 Asn Lys Lys AsnLeu Ala Lys Ser Gln Thr Leu Leu Gly Lys Glu Ile 50 55 60 Lys Ile Leu LysGlu Leu Lys His Glu Asn Ile Val Ala Leu Tyr Asp 65 70 75 80 Phe Gln GluMet Ala Asn Ser Val Tyr Leu Val Met Glu Tyr Cys Asn 85 90 95 Gly Gly AspLeu Ala Asp Tyr Leu His Thr Met Arg Thr Leu Ser Glu 100 105 110 Asp ThrVal Arg Leu Phe Leu Gln Gln Ile Ala Gly Ala Met Arg Leu 115 120 125 LeuHis Ser Lys Gly Ile Ile His Arg Asp Leu Lys Pro Gln Asn Ile 130 135 140Leu Leu Ser Asn Pro Gly Gly Arg Arg Ala Asn Pro Ser Asn Ile Arg 145 150155 160 Val Lys Ile Ala Asp Phe Gly Phe Ala Arg Tyr Leu Gln Ser Asn Met165 170 175 Met Ala Ala Thr Leu Cys Gly Ser Pro Met Tyr Met Ala Pro GluVal 180 185 190 Ile Met Ser Gln His Tyr Asp Gly Lys Ala Asp Leu Trp SerIle Gly 195 200 205 Thr Ile Val Tyr Gln Cys Leu Thr Gly Lys Ala Pro PheGln Ala Ser 210 215 220 Ser Pro Gln Asp Leu Arg Leu Phe Tyr Glu Lys AsnLys Thr Leu Val 225 230 235 240 Pro Ala Ile Pro Arg Glu Thr Ser Ala ProLeu Arg Gln Leu Leu Leu 245 250 255 Ala Leu Leu Gln Arg Asn His Lys AspArg Met Asp Phe Asp Glu Phe 260 265 270 Phe His His Pro Phe Leu Asp AlaSer Thr Pro Ile Lys Lys Ser Pro 275 280 285 Pro Val Pro Val Pro Ser TyrPro Ser Ser Gly Ser Gly Ser Ser Ser 290 295 300 Ser Ser Ser Ser Ala SerHis Leu Ala Ser Pro Pro Ser Leu Gly Glu 305 310 315 320 Met Pro Gln LeuGln Lys Thr Leu Thr Ser Pro Ala Asp Ala Ala Gly 325 330 335 Phe Leu GlnGly Ser Arg Asp Ser Gly Gly Ser Ser Lys Asp Ser Cys 340 345 350 Asp ThrAsp Asp Phe Val Met Val Pro Ala Gln Phe Pro Gly Asp Leu 355 360 365 ValAla Glu Ala Ala Ser Ala Lys Pro Pro Pro Asp Ser Leu Leu Cys 370 375 380Ser Gly Ser Ser Leu Val Ala Ser Ala Gly Leu Glu Ser His Gly Arg 385 390395 400 Thr Pro Ser Pro Ser Pro Thr Cys Ser Ser Ser Pro Ser Pro Ser Gly405 410 415 Arg Pro Gly Pro Phe Ser Ser Asn Arg Tyr Gly Ala Ser Val ProIle 420 425 430 Pro Val Pro Thr Gln Val His Asn Tyr Gln Arg Ile Glu GlnAsn Leu 435 440 445 Gln Ser Pro Thr Gln Gln Gln Thr Ala Arg Ser Ser AlaIle Arg Arg 450 455 460 Ser Gly Ser Thr Ser Pro Leu Gly Phe Gly Arg AlaSer Pro Ser Pro 465 470 475 480 Pro Ser His Thr Asp Gly Ala Met Leu AlaArg Lys Leu Ser Leu Gly 485 490 495 Gly Gly Arg Pro Tyr Thr Pro Ser ProGln Val Gly Thr Ile Pro Glu 500 505 510 Arg Pro Ser Trp Ser Arg Val ProSer Pro Gln Gly Ala Asp Val Arg 515 520 525 Val Gly Arg Ser Pro Arg ProGly Ser Ser Val Pro Glu His Ser Pro 530 535 540 Arg Thr Thr Gly Leu GlyCys Arg Leu His Ser Ala Pro Asn Leu Ser 545 550 555 560 Asp Phe His ValVal Arg Pro Lys Leu Pro Lys Pro Pro Thr Asp Pro 565 570 575 Arg Thr AsnLys Asn Gly 580 <210> SEQ ID NO 3 <211> LENGTH: 423 <212> TYPE: DNA<213> ORGANISM: Homo sapiens <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222>LOCATION: (1)...(423) <400> SEQUENCE: 3 gac aac atc ctg ctg tcc aac cccgcc ggc cgc cgc gcc aac ccc aac 48 Asp Asn Ile Leu Leu Ser Asn Pro AlaGly Arg Arg Ala Asn Pro Asn 1 5 10 15 agc atc cgc gtc aag atc gct gacttc ggc ttc cgg cgg tac ctc cag 96 Ser Ile Arg Val Lys Ile Ala Asp PheGly Phe Arg Arg Tyr Leu Gln 20 25 30 agc aac atg atg gcg gcc aca ctc tgcggc tcc ccc atg tac atg gcc 144 Ser Asn Met Met Ala Ala Thr Leu Cys GlySer Pro Met Tyr Met Ala 35 40 45 ccc gag gtc atc atg tcc cag cac tac gacggg aag gcg gac ctg tgg 192 Pro Glu Val Ile Met Ser Gln His Tyr Asp GlyLys Ala Asp Leu Trp 50 55 60 agc atc ggc acc atc gta tac cag tgc ctg acgggg aag gcg ccc ttt 240 Ser Ile Gly Thr Ile Val Tyr Gln Cys Leu Thr GlyLys Ala Pro Phe 65 70 75 80 cag gcc agc agc cca gac ctg cgc ctg ttt tacgag aag aac aag acg 288 Gln Ala Ser Ser Pro Asp Leu Arg Leu Phe Tyr GluLys Asn Lys Thr 85 90 95 ttg gtc ccc acc atc ccc cgg gag acc tcg gcc ccgctg cgg cag ctg 336 Leu Val Pro Thr Ile Pro Arg Glu Thr Ser Ala Pro LeuArg Gln Leu 100 105 110 ctc ctg gcc cta ctg caa cgc aac cac aag gac cgcatg gac ttc gat 384 Leu Leu Ala Leu Leu Gln Arg Asn His Lys Asp Arg MetAsp Phe Asp 115 120 125 gag ttt ttt cat cac cct ttc ctc gat gcc agc ccctcg 423 Glu Phe Phe His His Pro Phe Leu Asp Ala Ser Pro Ser 130 135 140<210> SEQ ID NO 4 <211> LENGTH: 141 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Homosapiens <400> SEQUENCE: 4 Asp Asn Ile Leu Leu Ser Asn Pro Ala Gly ArgArg Ala Asn Pro Asn 1 5 10 15 Ser Ile Arg Val Lys Ile Ala Asp Phe GlyPhe Arg Arg Tyr Leu Gln 20 25 30 Ser Asn Met Met Ala Ala Thr Leu Cys GlySer Pro Met Tyr Met Ala 35 40 45 Pro Glu Val Ile Met Ser Gln His Tyr AspGly Lys Ala Asp Leu Trp 50 55 60 Ser Ile Gly Thr Ile Val Tyr Gln Cys LeuThr Gly Lys Ala Pro Phe 65 70 75 80 Gln Ala Ser Ser Pro Asp Leu Arg LeuPhe Tyr Glu Lys Asn Lys Thr 85 90 95 Leu Val Pro Thr Ile Pro Arg Glu ThrSer Ala Pro Leu Arg Gln Leu 100 105 110 Leu Leu Ala Leu Leu Gln Arg AsnHis Lys Asp Arg Met Asp Phe Asp 115 120 125 Glu Phe Phe His His Pro PheLeu Asp Ala Ser Pro Ser 130 135 140 <210> SEQ ID NO 5 <211> LENGTH: 7<212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence <220> FEATURE: <223>OTHER INFORMATION: Kinase-conserved region VIb <400> SEQUENCE: 5 Ile SerHis Arg Glu Leu Gln 1 5 <210> SEQ ID NO 6 <211> LENGTH: 6 <212> TYPE:PRT <213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHERINFORMATION: Kinase-conserved region VIII <400> SEQUENCE: 6 Arg Tyr MetAla Pro Glu 1 5 <210> SEQ ID NO 7 <211> LENGTH: 20 <212> TYPE: DNA <213>ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION:Synthetically generated primer <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222>LOCATION: (1)...(20) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: n = A,T,C or G <400>SEQUENCE: 7 athtcncayc gngayttraa 20 <210> SEQ ID NO 8 <211> LENGTH: 17<212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence <220> FEATURE: <223>OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetically generated DNA <221> NAME/KEY:misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (1)...(17) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: n =A,T,C or G <400> SEQUENCE: 8 ctnggngcca trtayct 17 <210> SEQ ID NO 9<211> LENGTH: 114 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Rattus norvegicus<400> SEQUENCE: 9 gccatgtacc tattacatct tctaatgtgt caccctgatt atataaatttaactagacac 60 taccttccaa agtttgtatc agtgctcata tttgaattca agtcccggtgcgag 114 <210> SEQ ID NO 10 <211> LENGTH: 16 <212> TYPE: PRT <213>ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION:Synthetically generated protein <400> SEQUENCE: 10 Cys Ala Arg Ser SerAla Ile Arg Arg Ser Gly Ser Thr Ser Pro Leu 1 5 10 15 <210> SEQ ID NO 11<211> LENGTH: 21 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence<220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetically generated DNA<400> SEQUENCE: 11 gaacttgccc acggtctcga c 21 <210> SEQ ID NO 12 <211>LENGTH: 21 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence <220>FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetically generated DNA <400>SEQUENCE: 12 gtcgagaccg tgggcaagtt c 21 <210> SEQ ID NO 13 <211> LENGTH:3995 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Mus musculus <220> FEATURE: <221>NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (388)...(3540) <221> NAME/KEY:misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (1)...(3995) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: n =A,T,C or G <400> SEQUENCE: 13 gtccgcctcn acgcagtgct gcgccggcacctcgggctcc gaggcccggg tgccgcggat 60 cttttgtttc tgcggggctc cgagccgcatcgtcagtcag gcccggactt ggagctggag 120 tgtgtcagag ctgagtcccg agtcgaccggtcccgactgt cagcgccgga gggtaccgag 180 nagnacgccg agggagcgcg cccctcngtccgccggcctg tgggactggg acccggctca 240 ggcctgcccg atggggcacg gggccctggcgatgagcccg cgcctccgtc cccgtacgcg 300 gcccggccgg cctccgcctg agcccagcgcaccccgtagc gccgccccgg ggcccgagcc 360 cgctcgcgcc cccggcccgc gcgcgct atggag ccg ggc cgc ggc ggc gtc gag 414 Met Glu Pro Gly Arg Gly Gly Val Glu1 5 acc gtg ggc aag ttc gag ttc tct cgc aag gac ctg att gga cac ggc 462Thr Val Gly Lys Phe Glu Phe Ser Arg Lys Asp Leu Ile Gly His Gly 10 15 2025 gcc ttc gcg gtg gtc ttc aag ggt cga cac cgc gag aag cac gac ctg 510Ala Phe Ala Val Val Phe Lys Gly Arg His Arg Glu Lys His Asp Leu 30 35 40gag gtg gcc gtc aaa tgc att aac aag aag aac ctt gcc aag tcc caa 558 GluVal Ala Val Lys Cys Ile Asn Lys Lys Asn Leu Ala Lys Ser Gln 45 50 55 acactg ctg gga aag gaa atc aaa atc ctg aag gaa cta aag cac gaa 606 Thr LeuLeu Gly Lys Glu Ile Lys Ile Leu Lys Glu Leu Lys His Glu 60 65 70 aac atcgtg gcg ctg tat gac ttc cag gaa atg gct aat tct gtc tac 654 Asn Ile ValAla Leu Tyr Asp Phe Gln Glu Met Ala Asn Ser Val Tyr 75 80 85 ctg gtc atggag tat tgt aat ggt gga gac ctg gct gac tac ctg cac 702 Leu Val Met GluTyr Cys Asn Gly Gly Asp Leu Ala Asp Tyr Leu His 90 95 100 105 act atgcgc aca ctg agt gaa gac act gtc agg ctt ttc cta cag cag 750 Thr Met ArgThr Leu Ser Glu Asp Thr Val Arg Leu Phe Leu Gln Gln 110 115 120 atc gctggc gcc atg cgg ctg ctg cac agc aag ggc atc atc cac cgg 798 Ile Ala GlyAla Met Arg Leu Leu His Ser Lys Gly Ile Ile His Arg 125 130 135 gac ctgaag ccc cag aac atc ctg ctg tcc aat cct ggg ggc cgc cgg 846 Asp Leu LysPro Gln Asn Ile Leu Leu Ser Asn Pro Gly Gly Arg Arg 140 145 150 gcc aacccc agc aac atc cga gtc aag att gct gac ttt gga ttc gct 894 Ala Asn ProSer Asn Ile Arg Val Lys Ile Ala Asp Phe Gly Phe Ala 155 160 165 cgg tacctc cag agc aac atg atg gcg gcc aca ctc tgt ggt tct cct 942 Arg Tyr LeuGln Ser Asn Met Met Ala Ala Thr Leu Cys Gly Ser Pro 170 175 180 185 atgtac atg gct cct gag gtc att atg tcc cag cac tac gat gga aag 990 Met TyrMet Ala Pro Glu Val Ile Met Ser Gln His Tyr Asp Gly Lys 190 195 200 gctgac ctg tgg agc att ggc acc att gtc tac cag tgt ctg aca ggg 1038 Ala AspLeu Trp Ser Ile Gly Thr Ile Val Tyr Gln Cys Leu Thr Gly 205 210 215 aaggcc cct ttt cag gcc agc agc cct cag gat ttg cgc ctg ttt tat 1086 Lys AlaPro Phe Gln Ala Ser Ser Pro Gln Asp Leu Arg Leu Phe Tyr 220 225 230 gagaag aac aag aca cta gtt cct gcc atc ccc cgg gag aca tca gct 1134 Glu LysAsn Lys Thr Leu Val Pro Ala Ile Pro Arg Glu Thr Ser Ala 235 240 245 cccctg cgg cag ctg ctc ctg gct ctg ttg cag cgg aac cac aag gac 1182 Pro LeuArg Gln Leu Leu Leu Ala Leu Leu Gln Arg Asn His Lys Asp 250 255 260 265cgc atg gac ttt gat gaa ttt ttc cac cac cct ttc ttg gat gcc agc 1230 ArgMet Asp Phe Asp Glu Phe Phe His His Pro Phe Leu Asp Ala Ser 270 275 280acc ccc atc aag aaa tcc cca cct gtg cct gtg ccc tca tat cca agc 1278 ThrPro Ile Lys Lys Ser Pro Pro Val Pro Val Pro Ser Tyr Pro Ser 285 290 295tca ggg tct ggc agc agc tcc agc agc agc tct gcc tcc cac ctg gcc 1326 SerGly Ser Gly Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ala Ser His Leu Ala 300 305 310tct cca ccg tcc ctg ggg gag atg cca cag cta cag aag acc ctt acc 1374 SerPro Pro Ser Leu Gly Glu Met Pro Gln Leu Gln Lys Thr Leu Thr 315 320 325tcc cca gcc gat gct gct ggc ttt ctt cag ggc tcc cgg gac tct ggt 1422 SerPro Ala Asp Ala Ala Gly Phe Leu Gln Gly Ser Arg Asp Ser Gly 330 335 340345 ggc agc agc aaa gac tcc tgt gac aca gat gac ttt gtc atg gtc cca 1470Gly Ser Ser Lys Asp Ser Cys Asp Thr Asp Asp Phe Val Met Val Pro 350 355360 gcc cag ttt cca ggt gat cta gtt gct gag gca gcc agt gcc aag ccc 1518Ala Gln Phe Pro Gly Asp Leu Val Ala Glu Ala Ala Ser Ala Lys Pro 365 370375 cca cct gat agc ctg ctg tgt agt ggg agc tca ttg gtg gcc tct gct 1566Pro Pro Asp Ser Leu Leu Cys Ser Gly Ser Ser Leu Val Ala Ser Ala 380 385390 ggc cta gag agc cac ggc cgt acc ccc tct ccc tct ccg acc tgc agc 1614Gly Leu Glu Ser His Gly Arg Thr Pro Ser Pro Ser Pro Thr Cys Ser 395 400405 agc tct ccc agc ccc tct ggc cgg cct ggc ccc ttc tcc agc aac agg 1662Ser Ser Pro Ser Pro Ser Gly Arg Pro Gly Pro Phe Ser Ser Asn Arg 410 415420 425 tac ggt gcc tcg gtc ccc att cct gtc ccc act cag gtg cac aat tac1710 Tyr Gly Ala Ser Val Pro Ile Pro Val Pro Thr Gln Val His Asn Tyr 430435 440 cag cgc atc gag caa aac ctg caa tcg ccc act caa cag cag aca gcc1758 Gln Arg Ile Glu Gln Asn Leu Gln Ser Pro Thr Gln Gln Gln Thr Ala 445450 455 cgg tcc tct gcc atc cga agg tca ggg agc acc acc ccc ctg ggc ttt1806 Arg Ser Ser Ala Ile Arg Arg Ser Gly Ser Thr Thr Pro Leu Gly Phe 460465 470 ggc cgg gcc agc cca tca ccc ccc tcc cac acc gat ggg gcc atg ctg1854 Gly Arg Ala Ser Pro Ser Pro Pro Ser His Thr Asp Gly Ala Met Leu 475480 485 gcc agg aag ctg tca ctt gga ggt ggc cgt ccc tac aca cct tct ccc1902 Ala Arg Lys Leu Ser Leu Gly Gly Gly Arg Pro Tyr Thr Pro Ser Pro 490495 500 505 caa gtg gga acc atc cca gag cga ccc agc tgg agc aga gtg ccctcc 1950 Gln Val Gly Thr Ile Pro Glu Arg Pro Ser Trp Ser Arg Val Pro Ser510 515 520 cca caa gga gct gat gtg cgg gtt ggc agg tca cca cga ccc ggttcc 1998 Pro Gln Gly Ala Asp Val Arg Val Gly Arg Ser Pro Arg Pro Gly Ser525 530 535 tct gtg cct gag cac tct cca aga acc act ggg ctg ggc tgc cgcctg 2046 Ser Val Pro Glu His Ser Pro Arg Thr Thr Gly Leu Gly Cys Arg Leu540 545 550 cac agt gcc cct aac ctg tcc gac ttc cat gtt gtg cgt ccc aagctg 2094 His Ser Ala Pro Asn Leu Ser Asp Phe His Val Val Arg Pro Lys Leu555 560 565 cct aag ccc cca aca gac cca ctg gga gcc acc ttt agc cca ccccag 2142 Pro Lys Pro Pro Thr Asp Pro Leu Gly Ala Thr Phe Ser Pro Pro Gln570 575 580 585 acc agc gca ccc cag cca tgc cca ggg cta cag tct tgc cggcca ctg 2190 Thr Ser Ala Pro Gln Pro Cys Pro Gly Leu Gln Ser Cys Arg ProLeu 590 595 600 cgt ggc tca cct aag ctg cct gac ttc cta cag cgg agt ccccta ccc 2238 Arg Gly Ser Pro Lys Leu Pro Asp Phe Leu Gln Arg Ser Pro LeuPro 605 610 615 ccc atc cta ggc tct cct acc aag gcc ggg ccc tcc ttt gacttc ccc 2286 Pro Ile Leu Gly Ser Pro Thr Lys Ala Gly Pro Ser Phe Asp PhePro 620 625 630 aaa acc ccc agc tct cag aat ttg ctg acc ctg ttg gct aggcag ggg 2334 Lys Thr Pro Ser Ser Gln Asn Leu Leu Thr Leu Leu Ala Arg GlnGly 635 640 645 gta gta atg aca cca cct cgg aac cgt aca ctg cct gac ctctcc gag 2382 Val Val Met Thr Pro Pro Arg Asn Arg Thr Leu Pro Asp Leu SerGlu 650 655 660 665 gcc agt cct ttc cat ggc cag cag ctg ggc tct ggc cttcgg ccc gct 2430 Ala Ser Pro Phe His Gly Gln Gln Leu Gly Ser Gly Leu ArgPro Ala 670 675 680 gaa gac acc cgg ggt ccc ttt gga cgg tcc ttc agc accagc cgc att 2478 Glu Asp Thr Arg Gly Pro Phe Gly Arg Ser Phe Ser Thr SerArg Ile 685 690 695 acg gac ctg ctg ctt aag gct gca ttt ggg act cag gcctct gac tca 2526 Thr Asp Leu Leu Leu Lys Ala Ala Phe Gly Thr Gln Ala SerAsp Ser 700 705 710 ggc agc aca gac agc cta cag gag aaa cct atg gag attgct ccc tct 2574 Gly Ser Thr Asp Ser Leu Gln Glu Lys Pro Met Glu Ile AlaPro Ser 715 720 725 gct ggc ttt gga ggg act ctg cat cca gga gct cgt ggtgga ggg gcc 2622 Ala Gly Phe Gly Gly Thr Leu His Pro Gly Ala Arg Gly GlyGly Ala 730 735 740 745 agc agc cca gca cct gtg gta ttt act gta ggc tcccca ccc agt ggt 2670 Ser Ser Pro Ala Pro Val Val Phe Thr Val Gly Ser ProPro Ser Gly 750 755 760 gcc acc cca ccc cag agt acc cgt acc aga atg ttctca gtg ggc tct 2718 Ala Thr Pro Pro Gln Ser Thr Arg Thr Arg Met Phe SerVal Gly Ser 765 770 775 tcc agc tcc ctg ggc tct act ggc tcc tcc tct gcccgc cac tta gtg 2766 Ser Ser Ser Leu Gly Ser Thr Gly Ser Ser Ser Ala ArgHis Leu Val 780 785 790 cct ggg gcc tgt gga gag gcc ccg gag ctt tct gcccca ggc cac tgc 2814 Pro Gly Ala Cys Gly Glu Ala Pro Glu Leu Ser Ala ProGly His Cys 795 800 805 tgt agc ctt gct gac ccc ctt gct gcc aac ttg gagggg gct gtg acc 2862 Cys Ser Leu Ala Asp Pro Leu Ala Ala Asn Leu Glu GlyAla Val Thr 810 815 820 825 ttc gag gct cct gac ctc cca gag gag acc ctcatg gag caa gag cac 2910 Phe Glu Ala Pro Asp Leu Pro Glu Glu Thr Leu MetGlu Gln Glu His 830 835 840 acg gaa acc cta cac agt ctg cgc ttc aca ctagcg ttt gca cag caa 2958 Thr Glu Thr Leu His Ser Leu Arg Phe Thr Leu AlaPhe Ala Gln Gln 845 850 855 gtt ctg gag att gca gcc ctg aag gga agt gccagt gag gcc gcc ggt 3006 Val Leu Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Lys Gly Ser Ala SerGlu Ala Ala Gly 860 865 870 ggc cct gag tac cag ctc cag gaa agt gtg gtggct gac cag atc agt 3054 Gly Pro Glu Tyr Gln Leu Gln Glu Ser Val Val AlaAsp Gln Ile Ser 875 880 885 cag ttg agc cga gag tgg ggc ttt gca gag caactg gtt ctg tac ttg 3102 Gln Leu Ser Arg Glu Trp Gly Phe Ala Glu Gln LeuVal Leu Tyr Leu 890 895 900 905 aag gtg gct gag ctg ctg tcc tca ggc ctacag act gcc att gac cag 3150 Lys Val Ala Glu Leu Leu Ser Ser Gly Leu GlnThr Ala Ile Asp Gln 910 915 920 att cga gct ggc aaa ctc tgc ctt tca tctact gtg aag cag gtg gta 3198 Ile Arg Ala Gly Lys Leu Cys Leu Ser Ser ThrVal Lys Gln Val Val 925 930 935 cgc aga cta aat gag ctg tac aag gcc agcgtg gta tcc tgc cag ggc 3246 Arg Arg Leu Asn Glu Leu Tyr Lys Ala Ser ValVal Ser Cys Gln Gly 940 945 950 ctc agc ttg cga ctt cag cgc ttc ttt ctggac aaa caa cgg ctg ctg 3294 Leu Ser Leu Arg Leu Gln Arg Phe Phe Leu AspLys Gln Arg Leu Leu 955 960 965 gac ggg atc cat ggt gtc act gca gag cggctc atc ctc agc cat gct 3342 Asp Gly Ile His Gly Val Thr Ala Glu Arg LeuIle Leu Ser His Ala 970 975 980 985 gtg caa atg gta caa tca gct gcc cttgat gag atg ttc cag cac cga 3390 Val Gln Met Val Gln Ser Ala Ala Leu AspGlu Met Phe Gln His Arg 990 995 1000 gag ggc tgt gta ccg aga tat cac aaagcc ctg cta ttg ctg gag ggg 3438 Glu Gly Cys Val Pro Arg Tyr His Lys AlaLeu Leu Leu Leu Glu Gly 1005 1010 1015 ttg cag cac act ctc acg gac caggca gac att gag aac att gcc aaa 3486 Leu Gln His Thr Leu Thr Asp Gln AlaAsp Ile Glu Asn Ile Ala Lys 1020 1025 1030 tgc aag ctg tgc att gag aggaga ctc tcg gcc ctg ctg agt ggt gtc 3534 Cys Lys Leu Cys Ile Glu Arg ArgLeu Ser Ala Leu Leu Ser Gly Val 1035 1040 1045 tat gcc tgactacctgctgccaacct gcagggtagg gtctgagacc tggcagactg 3590 Tyr Ala 1050 tcctcaacactgatcagatc cgatggtgct gagactgctg ccagccaact ccagcaggga 3650 tgctccacagtggacctgtg cagactggtg caactcttgc ttcctagact gccagtctct 3710 gctggcaggtagacatcaga gtgccagggg tcccttgccc actgggacag gagtttctga 3770 acatattcttcctagctggc tccctggcaa gcaggtatgg tgccgagaag tggcacctgc 3830 cacctgaagagcccatggca gccctgtgtc aggcaagggc ctgagaccgt tgctgactcc 3890 aagccaaagcaagcttttcc tcacagttca cttgccccat tgcttgtcca agaaaaaagg 3950 gtatggtcttctggccccct gttctctcta ggaactccgg aattc 3995 <210> SEQ ID NO 14 <211>LENGTH: 1051 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Mus musculus <400>SEQUENCE: 14 Met Glu Pro Gly Arg Gly Gly Val Glu Thr Val Gly Lys Phe GluPhe 1 5 10 15 Ser Arg Lys Asp Leu Ile Gly His Gly Ala Phe Ala Val ValPhe Lys 20 25 30 Gly Arg His Arg Glu Lys His Asp Leu Glu Val Ala Val LysCys Ile 35 40 45 Asn Lys Lys Asn Leu Ala Lys Ser Gln Thr Leu Leu Gly LysGlu Ile 50 55 60 Lys Ile Leu Lys Glu Leu Lys His Glu Asn Ile Val Ala LeuTyr Asp 65 70 75 80 Phe Gln Glu Met Ala Asn Ser Val Tyr Leu Val Met GluTyr Cys Asn 85 90 95 Gly Gly Asp Leu Ala Asp Tyr Leu His Thr Met Arg ThrLeu Ser Glu 100 105 110 Asp Thr Val Arg Leu Phe Leu Gln Gln Ile Ala GlyAla Met Arg Leu 115 120 125 Leu His Ser Lys Gly Ile Ile His Arg Asp LeuLys Pro Gln Asn Ile 130 135 140 Leu Leu Ser Asn Pro Gly Gly Arg Arg AlaAsn Pro Ser Asn Ile Arg 145 150 155 160 Val Lys Ile Ala Asp Phe Gly PheAla Arg Tyr Leu Gln Ser Asn Met 165 170 175 Met Ala Ala Thr Leu Cys GlySer Pro Met Tyr Met Ala Pro Glu Val 180 185 190 Ile Met Ser Gln His TyrAsp Gly Lys Ala Asp Leu Trp Ser Ile Gly 195 200 205 Thr Ile Val Tyr GlnCys Leu Thr Gly Lys Ala Pro Phe Gln Ala Ser 210 215 220 Ser Pro Gln AspLeu Arg Leu Phe Tyr Glu Lys Asn Lys Thr Leu Val 225 230 235 240 Pro AlaIle Pro Arg Glu Thr Ser Ala Pro Leu Arg Gln Leu Leu Leu 245 250 255 AlaLeu Leu Gln Arg Asn His Lys Asp Arg Met Asp Phe Asp Glu Phe 260 265 270Phe His His Pro Phe Leu Asp Ala Ser Thr Pro Ile Lys Lys Ser Pro 275 280285 Pro Val Pro Val Pro Ser Tyr Pro Ser Ser Gly Ser Gly Ser Ser Ser 290295 300 Ser Ser Ser Ser Ala Ser His Leu Ala Ser Pro Pro Ser Leu Gly Glu305 310 315 320 Met Pro Gln Leu Gln Lys Thr Leu Thr Ser Pro Ala Asp AlaAla Gly 325 330 335 Phe Leu Gln Gly Ser Arg Asp Ser Gly Gly Ser Ser LysAsp Ser Cys 340 345 350 Asp Thr Asp Asp Phe Val Met Val Pro Ala Gln PhePro Gly Asp Leu 355 360 365 Val Ala Glu Ala Ala Ser Ala Lys Pro Pro ProAsp Ser Leu Leu Cys 370 375 380 Ser Gly Ser Ser Leu Val Ala Ser Ala GlyLeu Glu Ser His Gly Arg 385 390 395 400 Thr Pro Ser Pro Ser Pro Thr CysSer Ser Ser Pro Ser Pro Ser Gly 405 410 415 Arg Pro Gly Pro Phe Ser SerAsn Arg Tyr Gly Ala Ser Val Pro Ile 420 425 430 Pro Val Pro Thr Gln ValHis Asn Tyr Gln Arg Ile Glu Gln Asn Leu 435 440 445 Gln Ser Pro Thr GlnGln Gln Thr Ala Arg Ser Ser Ala Ile Arg Arg 450 455 460 Ser Gly Ser ThrThr Pro Leu Gly Phe Gly Arg Ala Ser Pro Ser Pro 465 470 475 480 Pro SerHis Thr Asp Gly Ala Met Leu Ala Arg Lys Leu Ser Leu Gly 485 490 495 GlyGly Arg Pro Tyr Thr Pro Ser Pro Gln Val Gly Thr Ile Pro Glu 500 505 510Arg Pro Ser Trp Ser Arg Val Pro Ser Pro Gln Gly Ala Asp Val Arg 515 520525 Val Gly Arg Ser Pro Arg Pro Gly Ser Ser Val Pro Glu His Ser Pro 530535 540 Arg Thr Thr Gly Leu Gly Cys Arg Leu His Ser Ala Pro Asn Leu Ser545 550 555 560 Asp Phe His Val Val Arg Pro Lys Leu Pro Lys Pro Pro ThrAsp Pro 565 570 575 Leu Gly Ala Thr Phe Ser Pro Pro Gln Thr Ser Ala ProGln Pro Cys 580 585 590 Pro Gly Leu Gln Ser Cys Arg Pro Leu Arg Gly SerPro Lys Leu Pro 595 600 605 Asp Phe Leu Gln Arg Ser Pro Leu Pro Pro IleLeu Gly Ser Pro Thr 610 615 620 Lys Ala Gly Pro Ser Phe Asp Phe Pro LysThr Pro Ser Ser Gln Asn 625 630 635 640 Leu Leu Thr Leu Leu Ala Arg GlnGly Val Val Met Thr Pro Pro Arg 645 650 655 Asn Arg Thr Leu Pro Asp LeuSer Glu Ala Ser Pro Phe His Gly Gln 660 665 670 Gln Leu Gly Ser Gly LeuArg Pro Ala Glu Asp Thr Arg Gly Pro Phe 675 680 685 Gly Arg Ser Phe SerThr Ser Arg Ile Thr Asp Leu Leu Leu Lys Ala 690 695 700 Ala Phe Gly ThrGln Ala Ser Asp Ser Gly Ser Thr Asp Ser Leu Gln 705 710 715 720 Glu LysPro Met Glu Ile Ala Pro Ser Ala Gly Phe Gly Gly Thr Leu 725 730 735 HisPro Gly Ala Arg Gly Gly Gly Ala Ser Ser Pro Ala Pro Val Val 740 745 750Phe Thr Val Gly Ser Pro Pro Ser Gly Ala Thr Pro Pro Gln Ser Thr 755 760765 Arg Thr Arg Met Phe Ser Val Gly Ser Ser Ser Ser Leu Gly Ser Thr 770775 780 Gly Ser Ser Ser Ala Arg His Leu Val Pro Gly Ala Cys Gly Glu Ala785 790 795 800 Pro Glu Leu Ser Ala Pro Gly His Cys Cys Ser Leu Ala AspPro Leu 805 810 815 Ala Ala Asn Leu Glu Gly Ala Val Thr Phe Glu Ala ProAsp Leu Pro 820 825 830 Glu Glu Thr Leu Met Glu Gln Glu His Thr Glu ThrLeu His Ser Leu 835 840 845 Arg Phe Thr Leu Ala Phe Ala Gln Gln Val LeuGlu Ile Ala Ala Leu 850 855 860 Lys Gly Ser Ala Ser Glu Ala Ala Gly GlyPro Glu Tyr Gln Leu Gln 865 870 875 880 Glu Ser Val Val Ala Asp Gln IleSer Gln Leu Ser Arg Glu Trp Gly 885 890 895 Phe Ala Glu Gln Leu Val LeuTyr Leu Lys Val Ala Glu Leu Leu Ser 900 905 910 Ser Gly Leu Gln Thr AlaIle Asp Gln Ile Arg Ala Gly Lys Leu Cys 915 920 925 Leu Ser Ser Thr ValLys Gln Val Val Arg Arg Leu Asn Glu Leu Tyr 930 935 940 Lys Ala Ser ValVal Ser Cys Gln Gly Leu Ser Leu Arg Leu Gln Arg 945 950 955 960 Phe PheLeu Asp Lys Gln Arg Leu Leu Asp Gly Ile His Gly Val Thr 965 970 975 AlaGlu Arg Leu Ile Leu Ser His Ala Val Gln Met Val Gln Ser Ala 980 985 990Ala Leu Asp Glu Met Phe Gln His Arg Glu Gly Cys Val Pro Arg Tyr 995 10001005 His Lys Ala Leu Leu Leu Leu Glu Gly Leu Gln His Thr Leu Thr Asp1010 1015 1020 Gln Ala Asp Ile Glu Asn Ile Ala Lys Cys Lys Leu Cys IleGlu Arg 1025 1030 1035 1040 Arg Leu Ser Ala Leu Leu Ser Gly Val Tyr Ala1045 1050 <210> SEQ ID NO 15 <211> LENGTH: 5228 <212> TYPE: DNA <213>ORGANISM: Homo sapiens <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222>LOCATION: (269)...(3418) <400> SEQUENCE: 15 ggatccggat tcggattagcagcccgggaa gagtgccgtg gcacaggcgc cggagggagc 60 gcgaccctcg gaccccgcctggcccgcggg gctgggaccc ggccccggcc tgcccgatgg 120 ggcgcgcggc cccggagatgcgccctcgcc cggccccgcg cccccggccc cgcgcccccg 180 gcccgcccgc cccggcccgcgcctccgcct gagtcccccg cgccttggcc cgccaccccc 240 cgccccgcgc ccccggcccgcctgcgcc atg gag ccc ggc cgc ggc ggc aca 292 Met Glu Pro Gly Arg Gly GlyThr 1 5 gag acc gtg ggc aag ttc gag ttc tcc cgc aag gac ctg atc ggc cac340 Glu Thr Val Gly Lys Phe Glu Phe Ser Arg Lys Asp Leu Ile Gly His 1015 20 ggc gcc ttc gcg gtg gtc ttc aag ggc cgc cac cgc gag aag cac gat388 Gly Ala Phe Ala Val Val Phe Lys Gly Arg His Arg Glu Lys His Asp 2530 35 40 ttg gag gtc gcc gtc aag tgc att aac aag aag aac ctc gcc aag tct436 Leu Glu Val Ala Val Lys Cys Ile Asn Lys Lys Asn Leu Ala Lys Ser 4550 55 cag acg ctg ctg ggg aag gaa atc aaa atc ctg aag gaa ctg aaa cat484 Gln Thr Leu Leu Gly Lys Glu Ile Lys Ile Leu Lys Glu Leu Lys His 6065 70 gaa aac atc gtg gcc ctg tac gac ttc cag gaa atg gct aat tct gtc532 Glu Asn Ile Val Ala Leu Tyr Asp Phe Gln Glu Met Ala Asn Ser Val 7580 85 tac ctg gtt atg gag tac tgc aac ggt ggg gac ctg gcc gac tac ctg580 Tyr Leu Val Met Glu Tyr Cys Asn Gly Gly Asp Leu Ala Asp Tyr Leu 9095 100 cac gcc atg cgc acg ctg agc gag gac acc atc agg ctc ttc ctg cag628 His Ala Met Arg Thr Leu Ser Glu Asp Thr Ile Arg Leu Phe Leu Gln 105110 115 120 cag atc gcg ggc gcc atg cgg ctt ctg cac agc aaa ggc atc atccac 676 Gln Ile Ala Gly Ala Met Arg Leu Leu His Ser Lys Gly Ile Ile His125 130 135 cgc gac ctg aaa ccg cag aac atc ctg ctg tcc aac ccc gcc ggccgc 724 Arg Asp Leu Lys Pro Gln Asn Ile Leu Leu Ser Asn Pro Ala Gly Arg140 145 150 cgc gcc aac ccc aac agc atc cgc gtc aag atc gct gac ttc ggcttc 772 Arg Ala Asn Pro Asn Ser Ile Arg Val Lys Ile Ala Asp Phe Gly Phe155 160 165 gcg cgg tac ctc cag agc aac atg atg gcg gcc aca ctc tgc ggctcc 820 Ala Arg Tyr Leu Gln Ser Asn Met Met Ala Ala Thr Leu Cys Gly Ser170 175 180 ccc atg tac atg gcc ccc gag gtc atc atg tcc cag cac tac gacggg 868 Pro Met Tyr Met Ala Pro Glu Val Ile Met Ser Gln His Tyr Asp Gly185 190 195 200 aag gcg gac ctg tgg agc atc ggc acc atc gtc tac cag tgcctg acg 916 Lys Ala Asp Leu Trp Ser Ile Gly Thr Ile Val Tyr Gln Cys LeuThr 205 210 215 ggg aag gcg ccc ttc cag gcc agc agc ccc cag gac ctg cgcctg ttc 964 Gly Lys Ala Pro Phe Gln Ala Ser Ser Pro Gln Asp Leu Arg LeuPhe 220 225 230 tac gag aag aac aag acg ttg gtc ccc acc atc ccc cgg gagacc tcg 1012 Tyr Glu Lys Asn Lys Thr Leu Val Pro Thr Ile Pro Arg Glu ThrSer 235 240 245 gcc ccg ctg cgg cag ctg ctc ctg gcc cta ctg caa cgc aaccac aag 1060 Ala Pro Leu Arg Gln Leu Leu Leu Ala Leu Leu Gln Arg Asn HisLys 250 255 260 gac cgc atg gac ttc gat gag ttt ttt cat cac cct ttc ctcgat gcc 1108 Asp Arg Met Asp Phe Asp Glu Phe Phe His His Pro Phe Leu AspAla 265 270 275 280 agc ccc tcg gtc agg aaa tcc cca ccc gtg cct gtg ccctcg tac cca 1156 Ser Pro Ser Val Arg Lys Ser Pro Pro Val Pro Val Pro SerTyr Pro 285 290 295 agc tcg ggg tcc ggc agc agc tcc agc agc agc tcc acctcc cac ctg 1204 Ser Ser Gly Ser Gly Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Thr SerHis Leu 300 305 310 gcc tcc ccg ccg tcc ctg ggc gag atg cag cag ctg cagaag acc ctg 1252 Ala Ser Pro Pro Ser Leu Gly Glu Met Gln Gln Leu Gln LysThr Leu 315 320 325 gcc tcc ccg gct gac acc gct ggc ttc ctg cac agc tcccgg gac tct 1300 Ala Ser Pro Ala Asp Thr Ala Gly Phe Leu His Ser Ser ArgAsp Ser 330 335 340 ggt ggc agc aag gac tct tcc tgt gac aca gac gac ttcgtc atg gtc 1348 Gly Gly Ser Lys Asp Ser Ser Cys Asp Thr Asp Asp Phe ValMet Val 345 350 355 360 ccc gcg cag ttt cca ggt gac ctg gtg gct gag gcgccc agt gcc aaa 1396 Pro Ala Gln Phe Pro Gly Asp Leu Val Ala Glu Ala ProSer Ala Lys 365 370 375 ccc ccg cca gac agc ctg atg tgc agt ggg agc tcactg gtg gcc tct 1444 Pro Pro Pro Asp Ser Leu Met Cys Ser Gly Ser Ser LeuVal Ala Ser 380 385 390 gcg ggc ttg gag agc cac ggc cgg acc cca tct ccatcc cca ccc tgc 1492 Ala Gly Leu Glu Ser His Gly Arg Thr Pro Ser Pro SerPro Pro Cys 395 400 405 agc agc tcc ccc agt ccc tca ggc cgg gct ggc ccgttc tcc agc agc 1540 Ser Ser Ser Pro Ser Pro Ser Gly Arg Ala Gly Pro PheSer Ser Ser 410 415 420 agg tgc ggc gcc tct gtc ccc atc cca gtc ccc acgcag gtg cag aac 1588 Arg Cys Gly Ala Ser Val Pro Ile Pro Val Pro Thr GlnVal Gln Asn 425 430 435 440 tac cag cgc att gag cga aac ctg cag tca cccacc cag ttc caa aca 1636 Tyr Gln Arg Ile Glu Arg Asn Leu Gln Ser Pro ThrGln Phe Gln Thr 445 450 455 cct cgg tcc tct gcc atc cgc agg tca ggc agcacc agc ccc ctg ggc 1684 Pro Arg Ser Ser Ala Ile Arg Arg Ser Gly Ser ThrSer Pro Leu Gly 460 465 470 ttt gca agg gcc agc ccc tcg ccc cct gcc cacgct gag cat gga ggc 1732 Phe Ala Arg Ala Ser Pro Ser Pro Pro Ala His AlaGlu His Gly Gly 475 480 485 gtc ctg gcc agg aag atg tct ctg ggt gga ggccgg ccc tac acg cca 1780 Val Leu Ala Arg Lys Met Ser Leu Gly Gly Gly ArgPro Tyr Thr Pro 490 495 500 tct cct caa gtt gga acc atc cct gag cgg ccaggc tgg agc ggg acg 1828 Ser Pro Gln Val Gly Thr Ile Pro Glu Arg Pro GlyTrp Ser Gly Thr 505 510 515 520 ccc tcc cca cag gga gct gag atg cgg ggtggc agg tcc cct cgt cca 1876 Pro Ser Pro Gln Gly Ala Glu Met Arg Gly GlyArg Ser Pro Arg Pro 525 530 535 ggc tcc tct gca ccc gag cac tct ccc cgcact tcc ggg ctg ggc tgc 1924 Gly Ser Ser Ala Pro Glu His Ser Pro Arg ThrSer Gly Leu Gly Cys 540 545 550 cgc ctg cac agc gcc ccc aac ctg tct gacttg cac gtc gtc cgc ccc 1972 Arg Leu His Ser Ala Pro Asn Leu Ser Asp LeuHis Val Val Arg Pro 555 560 565 aag ctg ccc aaa ccc ccc acg gac ccc ctggga gct gtg ttc agc cca 2020 Lys Leu Pro Lys Pro Pro Thr Asp Pro Leu GlyAla Val Phe Ser Pro 570 575 580 cca cag gcc agc cct ccc cag ccg tcc cacggc ctg cag tcc tgc cgg 2068 Pro Gln Ala Ser Pro Pro Gln Pro Ser His GlyLeu Gln Ser Cys Arg 585 590 595 600 aac ctg cgg ggc tca ccc aag ctg cccgac ttc ctg cag cga aac ccc 2116 Asn Leu Arg Gly Ser Pro Lys Leu Pro AspPhe Leu Gln Arg Asn Pro 605 610 615 ctg ccc ccc atc ctg ggc tcc ccc accaag gct gtg ccc tcc ttt gac 2164 Leu Pro Pro Ile Leu Gly Ser Pro Thr LysAla Val Pro Ser Phe Asp 620 625 630 ttc ccg aag acc ccc agc tcc cag aacctg ctg gcc ctc cta gcc cgg 2212 Phe Pro Lys Thr Pro Ser Ser Gln Asn LeuLeu Ala Leu Leu Ala Arg 635 640 645 cag ggc gtg gtg atg acg ccc cct cgaaac cgg acg ctg ccc gac ctc 2260 Gln Gly Val Val Met Thr Pro Pro Arg AsnArg Thr Leu Pro Asp Leu 650 655 660 tcg gag gtg gga ccc ttc cat ggt cagccg ttg ggc cct ggc ctg cgg 2308 Ser Glu Val Gly Pro Phe His Gly Gln ProLeu Gly Pro Gly Leu Arg 665 670 675 680 cca ggc gag gac ccc aag ggc cccttt ggc cgg tct ttc agc acc agc 2356 Pro Gly Glu Asp Pro Lys Gly Pro PheGly Arg Ser Phe Ser Thr Ser 685 690 695 cgc ctc act gac ctg ctc ctt aaggcg gcg ttt ggg aca caa gcc ccg 2404 Arg Leu Thr Asp Leu Leu Leu Lys AlaAla Phe Gly Thr Gln Ala Pro 700 705 710 gac ccg ggc agc acg gag agc ctgcag gag aag ccc atg gag atc gca 2452 Asp Pro Gly Ser Thr Glu Ser Leu GlnGlu Lys Pro Met Glu Ile Ala 715 720 725 ccc tca gct ggc ttt gga ggg agcctg cac cca gga gcc cgt gct ggg 2500 Pro Ser Ala Gly Phe Gly Gly Ser LeuHis Pro Gly Ala Arg Ala Gly 730 735 740 ggc acc agc agc ccc tcc ccg gtggtc ttc acc gtg ggc tct ccc ccg 2548 Gly Thr Ser Ser Pro Ser Pro Val ValPhe Thr Val Gly Ser Pro Pro 745 750 755 760 agc ggg agc acg ccc ccc cagggc ccc cgc acc agg atg ttc tca gcg 2596 Ser Gly Ser Thr Pro Pro Gln GlyPro Arg Thr Arg Met Phe Ser Ala 765 770 775 ggc ccc act ggc tct gcc agctct tct gcc cgc cac ctg gtg cct ggg 2644 Gly Pro Thr Gly Ser Ala Ser SerSer Ala Arg His Leu Val Pro Gly 780 785 790 ccc tgc agc gag gcc cca gcccct gag ctc cct gct cca gga cac ggc 2692 Pro Cys Ser Glu Ala Pro Ala ProGlu Leu Pro Ala Pro Gly His Gly 795 800 805 tgc agc ttt gcc gac ccc attgct gcg aac ctg gag ggg gct gtg acc 2740 Cys Ser Phe Ala Asp Pro Ile AlaAla Asn Leu Glu Gly Ala Val Thr 810 815 820 ttc gag gcc ccc gac ctc cctgag gag acc ctc atg gag caa gag cac 2788 Phe Glu Ala Pro Asp Leu Pro GluGlu Thr Leu Met Glu Gln Glu His 825 830 835 840 acg gag atc ctg cgt ggcctg cgc ttc acg ctg ctg ttc gtg cag cac 2836 Thr Glu Ile Leu Arg Gly LeuArg Phe Thr Leu Leu Phe Val Gln His 845 850 855 gtc ctg gag atc gca gccctg aag ggc agc gcc agt gag gcg gcg ggg 2884 Val Leu Glu Ile Ala Ala LeuLys Gly Ser Ala Ser Glu Ala Ala Gly 860 865 870 ggc cct gag tac cag ctgcag gag agt gtg gtg gcc gac cag atc agc 2932 Gly Pro Glu Tyr Gln Leu GlnGlu Ser Val Val Ala Asp Gln Ile Ser 875 880 885 ctg ctg agc cga gaa tggggc ttc gcg gaa cag ctg gtg ctg tac ctg 2980 Leu Leu Ser Arg Glu Trp GlyPhe Ala Glu Gln Leu Val Leu Tyr Leu 890 895 900 aag gtg gcc gag cta ctgtcc tcc ggc ctg caa agt gcc atc gac cag 3028 Lys Val Ala Glu Leu Leu SerSer Gly Leu Gln Ser Ala Ile Asp Gln 905 910 915 920 atc cgg gcc ggc aagctc tgc ctg tcg tcc act gtg aag cag gtg gtg 3076 Ile Arg Ala Gly Lys LeuCys Leu Ser Ser Thr Val Lys Gln Val Val 925 930 935 cgc agg ctg aat gagctg tac aag gcc agc gtg gtg tcc tgc cag ggc 3124 Arg Arg Leu Asn Glu LeuTyr Lys Ala Ser Val Val Ser Cys Gln Gly 940 945 950 ctg agc ctg cgg ctgcag cgc ttc ttc ctg gac aag cag cgg ctc ctg 3172 Leu Ser Leu Arg Leu GlnArg Phe Phe Leu Asp Lys Gln Arg Leu Leu 955 960 965 gac cgc att cac agcatc act gcc gag agg ctc atc ttc agc cac gct 3220 Asp Arg Ile His Ser IleThr Ala Glu Arg Leu Ile Phe Ser His Ala 970 975 980 gtg cag atg gtg cagtcg gct gcc ctg gac gag atg ttc cag cac cgt 3268 Val Gln Met Val Gln SerAla Ala Leu Asp Glu Met Phe Gln His Arg 985 990 995 1000 gag ggc tgc gtccca cgc tac cac aag gcc ctg ctg ctc ctg gag ggg 3316 Glu Gly Cys Val ProArg Tyr His Lys Ala Leu Leu Leu Leu Glu Gly 1005 1010 1015 ctg cag cacatg ctc tcg gac cag gcc gac atc gag aac gtc acc aag 3364 Leu Gln His MetLeu Ser Asp Gln Ala Asp Ile Glu Asn Val Thr Lys 1020 1025 1030 tgc aagctg tgc att gag cgg aga ctc tcg gcg ctg ctg act ggc atc 3412 Cys Lys LeuCys Ile Glu Arg Arg Leu Ser Ala Leu Leu Thr Gly Ile 1035 1040 1045 tgtgcc tgacctttct ggcctggctg ggccccccgt cctgccgagc cctgcagagt 3468 Cys Ala1050 gggctctgtg tgctggctgg actcctcggg acaagcccat ggcgctgatc gctggtgctg3528 agccctgccc tgggccccac ggacagtcag cctgccggcc tccctgcagc tcacggggca3588 gaaccagcac atctggagcc acacagcttg gggggtgtct cccatctttt acaggtgggg3648 atcacagaat ttctgcccct ccagctgcct ggctcagcag gcgtgggtgc caccaccctc3708 tagccccagg gcagccccgg aggacaggca agggcctgag accactgccg actcaaagcc3768 aaagcgagct cctgcttagg gcaggtcagc aggcactgtg cccaggaaga gcctgcggcc3828 tcggcgtccc ccagtctcca ggagcctctc cctccgagat acccacccag ctttgtcaat3888 cacccaagca ctttatgcat atagagacag aacctggacc tcaccaggga ctgctgggca3948 gcgattcctg gcagtggcct ggtgtttgta catacacata tgcagacaca tgccagggcc4008 ccccaagccc gagcaccgga ccacgttgct gcccaggtct ggacctcagc gggagaactg4068 gctccggggg gagtggggcc ctgcgctaga ggcagaggca gttctttgtt caagcgttcc4128 tctggggacc ggcagcagag gcaccgtgtt ctctcagccc tggatacgtc ttgtaatctt4188 tcacacttta ttcctaaaac gtgtcttatt tttatgcagc tcattttttc tttaaaggag4248 aaaacttgta ggtgtttaag aattggtttt gggagggcga ggactgggcc aggttagagg4308 cagatggcac aggggcgtgt ggcgggcggg tgaggctgct ttgcacacct gtgttggtgg4368 ctgtcccctg ccgcccctcc ctgtggcagc agcaggacag gtgtgtgccc agcaccctcc4428 ctacctgggc ctggaagcag atgaggggaa tacttcatgc aaagaaaaaa gtaacatgtg4488 caaaagctcc ccgtccagct ttgacagtca gttttgatgt cagctcctcg gcagggtagg4548 cctgatgaca gccctgtccc tccctgcctc cgccttgccc aaggccacgg agggcgtctg4608 cagagaggcc tgccttccgg attccaggcg ggcatgccct gcaaaccccg cctgggcctc4668 ccttggtctg cccagccctc ggttagccct gcctgaatca gtagatactt gaacgagtcc4728 ccagtctgcg ggaggcagtg gtggggccat ggacccatgc ggggggttcc agggtcacac4788 gccacataac agacaaaaat acacacacgt gtgtttttct ttgcaatact tgaaatattg4848 ccactgtgct tggacttaga agaagaaaat ccccgtgact tcttcctcat caccttgatg4908 gctttattct caccttgtgg ggcatgtttg aatttattgc ttcatggccg actggaatcc4968 tgagtcctgg gaagctggca ctgcggggat cttgcccggt gtcctggtcc tcttgcttcc5028 gtcgcggccg catgtgcgtg tgtccaagca ggtcctgggc gcctcaactg ctgcccctgg5088 ttgaatgttc tcttgatagt gctggaccct ttgtctattt taaagcgaat tttgtgtgat5148 ttcctgccct ttgcgttata ttgtataata ccaacgtaag gaaataaacc tttggaattg5208 ttgaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 5228 <210> SEQ ID NO 16 <211> LENGTH: 1050<212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Homo sapiens <400> SEQUENCE: 16 Met GluPro Gly Arg Gly Gly Thr Glu Thr Val Gly Lys Phe Glu Phe 1 5 10 15 SerArg Lys Asp Leu Ile Gly His Gly Ala Phe Ala Val Val Phe Lys 20 25 30 GlyArg His Arg Glu Lys His Asp Leu Glu Val Ala Val Lys Cys Ile 35 40 45 AsnLys Lys Asn Leu Ala Lys Ser Gln Thr Leu Leu Gly Lys Glu Ile 50 55 60 LysIle Leu Lys Glu Leu Lys His Glu Asn Ile Val Ala Leu Tyr Asp 65 70 75 80Phe Gln Glu Met Ala Asn Ser Val Tyr Leu Val Met Glu Tyr Cys Asn 85 90 95Gly Gly Asp Leu Ala Asp Tyr Leu His Ala Met Arg Thr Leu Ser Glu 100 105110 Asp Thr Ile Arg Leu Phe Leu Gln Gln Ile Ala Gly Ala Met Arg Leu 115120 125 Leu His Ser Lys Gly Ile Ile His Arg Asp Leu Lys Pro Gln Asn Ile130 135 140 Leu Leu Ser Asn Pro Ala Gly Arg Arg Ala Asn Pro Asn Ser IleArg 145 150 155 160 Val Lys Ile Ala Asp Phe Gly Phe Ala Arg Tyr Leu GlnSer Asn Met 165 170 175 Met Ala Ala Thr Leu Cys Gly Ser Pro Met Tyr MetAla Pro Glu Val 180 185 190 Ile Met Ser Gln His Tyr Asp Gly Lys Ala AspLeu Trp Ser Ile Gly 195 200 205 Thr Ile Val Tyr Gln Cys Leu Thr Gly LysAla Pro Phe Gln Ala Ser 210 215 220 Ser Pro Gln Asp Leu Arg Leu Phe TyrGlu Lys Asn Lys Thr Leu Val 225 230 235 240 Pro Thr Ile Pro Arg Glu ThrSer Ala Pro Leu Arg Gln Leu Leu Leu 245 250 255 Ala Leu Leu Gln Arg AsnHis Lys Asp Arg Met Asp Phe Asp Glu Phe 260 265 270 Phe His His Pro PheLeu Asp Ala Ser Pro Ser Val Arg Lys Ser Pro 275 280 285 Pro Val Pro ValPro Ser Tyr Pro Ser Ser Gly Ser Gly Ser Ser Ser 290 295 300 Ser Ser SerSer Thr Ser His Leu Ala Ser Pro Pro Ser Leu Gly Glu 305 310 315 320 MetGln Gln Leu Gln Lys Thr Leu Ala Ser Pro Ala Asp Thr Ala Gly 325 330 335Phe Leu His Ser Ser Arg Asp Ser Gly Gly Ser Lys Asp Ser Ser Cys 340 345350 Asp Thr Asp Asp Phe Val Met Val Pro Ala Gln Phe Pro Gly Asp Leu 355360 365 Val Ala Glu Ala Pro Ser Ala Lys Pro Pro Pro Asp Ser Leu Met Cys370 375 380 Ser Gly Ser Ser Leu Val Ala Ser Ala Gly Leu Glu Ser His GlyArg 385 390 395 400 Thr Pro Ser Pro Ser Pro Pro Cys Ser Ser Ser Pro SerPro Ser Gly 405 410 415 Arg Ala Gly Pro Phe Ser Ser Ser Arg Cys Gly AlaSer Val Pro Ile 420 425 430 Pro Val Pro Thr Gln Val Gln Asn Tyr Gln ArgIle Glu Arg Asn Leu 435 440 445 Gln Ser Pro Thr Gln Phe Gln Thr Pro ArgSer Ser Ala Ile Arg Arg 450 455 460 Ser Gly Ser Thr Ser Pro Leu Gly PheAla Arg Ala Ser Pro Ser Pro 465 470 475 480 Pro Ala His Ala Glu His GlyGly Val Leu Ala Arg Lys Met Ser Leu 485 490 495 Gly Gly Gly Arg Pro TyrThr Pro Ser Pro Gln Val Gly Thr Ile Pro 500 505 510 Glu Arg Pro Gly TrpSer Gly Thr Pro Ser Pro Gln Gly Ala Glu Met 515 520 525 Arg Gly Gly ArgSer Pro Arg Pro Gly Ser Ser Ala Pro Glu His Ser 530 535 540 Pro Arg ThrSer Gly Leu Gly Cys Arg Leu His Ser Ala Pro Asn Leu 545 550 555 560 SerAsp Leu His Val Val Arg Pro Lys Leu Pro Lys Pro Pro Thr Asp 565 570 575Pro Leu Gly Ala Val Phe Ser Pro Pro Gln Ala Ser Pro Pro Gln Pro 580 585590 Ser His Gly Leu Gln Ser Cys Arg Asn Leu Arg Gly Ser Pro Lys Leu 595600 605 Pro Asp Phe Leu Gln Arg Asn Pro Leu Pro Pro Ile Leu Gly Ser Pro610 615 620 Thr Lys Ala Val Pro Ser Phe Asp Phe Pro Lys Thr Pro Ser SerGln 625 630 635 640 Asn Leu Leu Ala Leu Leu Ala Arg Gln Gly Val Val MetThr Pro Pro 645 650 655 Arg Asn Arg Thr Leu Pro Asp Leu Ser Glu Val GlyPro Phe His Gly 660 665 670 Gln Pro Leu Gly Pro Gly Leu Arg Pro Gly GluAsp Pro Lys Gly Pro 675 680 685 Phe Gly Arg Ser Phe Ser Thr Ser Arg LeuThr Asp Leu Leu Leu Lys 690 695 700 Ala Ala Phe Gly Thr Gln Ala Pro AspPro Gly Ser Thr Glu Ser Leu 705 710 715 720 Gln Glu Lys Pro Met Glu IleAla Pro Ser Ala Gly Phe Gly Gly Ser 725 730 735 Leu His Pro Gly Ala ArgAla Gly Gly Thr Ser Ser Pro Ser Pro Val 740 745 750 Val Phe Thr Val GlySer Pro Pro Ser Gly Ser Thr Pro Pro Gln Gly 755 760 765 Pro Arg Thr ArgMet Phe Ser Ala Gly Pro Thr Gly Ser Ala Ser Ser 770 775 780 Ser Ala ArgHis Leu Val Pro Gly Pro Cys Ser Glu Ala Pro Ala Pro 785 790 795 800 GluLeu Pro Ala Pro Gly His Gly Cys Ser Phe Ala Asp Pro Ile Ala 805 810 815Ala Asn Leu Glu Gly Ala Val Thr Phe Glu Ala Pro Asp Leu Pro Glu 820 825830 Glu Thr Leu Met Glu Gln Glu His Thr Glu Ile Leu Arg Gly Leu Arg 835840 845 Phe Thr Leu Leu Phe Val Gln His Val Leu Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Lys850 855 860 Gly Ser Ala Ser Glu Ala Ala Gly Gly Pro Glu Tyr Gln Leu GlnGlu 865 870 875 880 Ser Val Val Ala Asp Gln Ile Ser Leu Leu Ser Arg GluTrp Gly Phe 885 890 895 Ala Glu Gln Leu Val Leu Tyr Leu Lys Val Ala GluLeu Leu Ser Ser 900 905 910 Gly Leu Gln Ser Ala Ile Asp Gln Ile Arg AlaGly Lys Leu Cys Leu 915 920 925 Ser Ser Thr Val Lys Gln Val Val Arg ArgLeu Asn Glu Leu Tyr Lys 930 935 940 Ala Ser Val Val Ser Cys Gln Gly LeuSer Leu Arg Leu Gln Arg Phe 945 950 955 960 Phe Leu Asp Lys Gln Arg LeuLeu Asp Arg Ile His Ser Ile Thr Ala 965 970 975 Glu Arg Leu Ile Phe SerHis Ala Val Gln Met Val Gln Ser Ala Ala 980 985 990 Leu Asp Glu Met PheGln His Arg Glu Gly Cys Val Pro Arg Tyr His 995 1000 1005 Lys Ala LeuLeu Leu Leu Glu Gly Leu Gln His Met Leu Ser Asp Gln 1010 1015 1020 AlaAsp Ile Glu Asn Val Thr Lys Cys Lys Leu Cys Ile Glu Arg Arg 1025 10301035 1040 Leu Ser Ala Leu Leu Thr Gly Ile Cys Ala 1045 1050 <210> SEQ IDNO 17 <211> LENGTH: 21 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: ArtificialSequence <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetically generatedprimer <400> SEQUENCE: 17 tgcccaccct agcgctctat g 21 <210> SEQ ID NO 18<211> LENGTH: 21 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence<220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Synthetically generated primer<400> SEQUENCE: 18 attcgcatgg ctgccgcaat c 21 <210> SEQ ID NO 19 <211>LENGTH: 445 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Mus musculus <220> FEATURE:<221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (1)...(445) <223> OTHERINFORMATION: n = A,T,C or G <400> SEQUENCE: 19 tgcatgcctg cacgtcgactctagaggatc tactantcat atggatttgc ccaccctacg 60 ctctatgtcc cgggggcgcggccatggaag tggtgggcga cttcgagtac tgcaagcggg 120 acctcgtggg acacggggccttcgctgtgg tcttccgggg gcggcaccgc cagaaaactg 180 attgggaggt ggctattaaaagtattaata aaaagaactt gtcaaaatca caaattttgc 240 ttggaaagga aataaaaatcttaaaggagc ttcagcatga aaacatcgta gcgctctatg 300 atgttcagga attgcccaactctgtctttc tggtgatgga gtattgcaat ggtggagacc 360 tggcagatta tttgcaagctaaaggaactc tgagtgaaga tactatcaga gtgtttctcc 420 atcagattgc ggcagccatgcgaat 445 <210> SEQ ID NO 20 <211> LENGTH: 3455 <212> TYPE: DNA <213>ORGANISM: Mus musculus <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222>LOCATION: (42)...(3152) <400> SEQUENCE: 20 cgcctgccca ccctagcgttctatgtcccg ggggcgcggc c atg gag gtg gtg ggc 56 Met Glu Val Val Gly 1 5gac ttc gag tac tgc aag cgg gac ctc gtg gga cac ggg gcc ttc gct 104 AspPhe Glu Tyr Cys Lys Arg Asp Leu Val Gly His Gly Ala Phe Ala 10 15 20 gtggtc ttc cgg ggg cgg cac cgc cag aaa act gat tgg gag gtg gct 152 Val ValPhe Arg Gly Arg His Arg Gln Lys Thr Asp Trp Glu Val Ala 25 30 35 att aaaagt att aat aaa aag aac ttg tca aaa tca caa att ctg ctt 200 Ile Lys SerIle Asn Lys Lys Asn Leu Ser Lys Ser Gln Ile Leu Leu 40 45 50 gga aag gaaata aaa atc tta aag gag ctt cag cat gaa aac atc gta 248 Gly Lys Glu IleLys Ile Leu Lys Glu Leu Gln His Glu Asn Ile Val 55 60 65 gcg ctc tat gatgtt cag gaa ttg ccc aac tct gtc ttt ctg gtg atg 296 Ala Leu Tyr Asp ValGln Glu Leu Pro Asn Ser Val Phe Leu Val Met 70 75 80 85 gag tat tgc aatggt gga gac ctg gca gat tat ttg caa gct aaa gga 344 Glu Tyr Cys Asn GlyGly Asp Leu Ala Asp Tyr Leu Gln Ala Lys Gly 90 95 100 act ctg agt gaagat act atc aga gtg ttt ctc cat cag att gcg gca 392 Thr Leu Ser Glu AspThr Ile Arg Val Phe Leu His Gln Ile Ala Ala 105 110 115 gcc atg cga atcctg cac agc aaa ggg ata atc cac agg gat ctc aaa 440 Ala Met Arg Ile LeuHis Ser Lys Gly Ile Ile His Arg Asp Leu Lys 120 125 130 cca cag aat atcctg ttg tct tat gcc aat cga agg aag tcg aat gtc 488 Pro Gln Asn Ile LeuLeu Ser Tyr Ala Asn Arg Arg Lys Ser Asn Val 135 140 145 agt ggt att cgtatt aaa ata gct gat ttt ggt ttc gca cgg tac cta 536 Ser Gly Ile Arg IleLys Ile Ala Asp Phe Gly Phe Ala Arg Tyr Leu 150 155 160 165 cat agt aacaca atg gca gcg aca ctg tgt gga tcc cca atg tac atg 584 His Ser Asn ThrMet Ala Ala Thr Leu Cys Gly Ser Pro Met Tyr Met 170 175 180 gct ccc gaggtt att atg tct caa cat tat gat gct aag gca gat tta 632 Ala Pro Glu ValIle Met Ser Gln His Tyr Asp Ala Lys Ala Asp Leu 185 190 195 tgg agc atagga aca gtg atc tat caa tgc cta gtt gga aaa cca cct 680 Trp Ser Ile GlyThr Val Ile Tyr Gln Cys Leu Val Gly Lys Pro Pro 200 205 210 ttt cag gctaat agt cct cag gac cta agg atg ttt tat gaa aaa aac 728 Phe Gln Ala AsnSer Pro Gln Asp Leu Arg Met Phe Tyr Glu Lys Asn 215 220 225 agg agc ttaatg cct agt att ccc aga gaa aca tca cct tac ttg gct 776 Arg Ser Leu MetPro Ser Ile Pro Arg Glu Thr Ser Pro Tyr Leu Ala 230 235 240 245 aat ctcctt ttg ggt ttg ctt cag aga aat caa aag gat aga atg gac 824 Asn Leu LeuLeu Gly Leu Leu Gln Arg Asn Gln Lys Asp Arg Met Asp 250 255 260 ttt gaagca ttt ttc agc cat cct ttc ctt gag caa gtt cca gtt aaa 872 Phe Glu AlaPhe Phe Ser His Pro Phe Leu Glu Gln Val Pro Val Lys 265 270 275 aaa tcttgc cca gtc cca gtg cct gtg tat tct ggc cct gtc cct gga 920 Lys Ser CysPro Val Pro Val Pro Val Tyr Ser Gly Pro Val Pro Gly 280 285 290 agc tcctgc agc agc tca cca tct tgt cgc ttt gct tct cca cca tcc 968 Ser Ser CysSer Ser Ser Pro Ser Cys Arg Phe Ala Ser Pro Pro Ser 295 300 305 ctt ccagat atg cag cat att cag gaa gaa aac tta tcc tcc cca ccg 1016 Leu Pro AspMet Gln His Ile Gln Glu Glu Asn Leu Ser Ser Pro Pro 310 315 320 325 ttgggt cct ccc aac tat cta cag gtg tcc aaa gac tct gcg agt aat 1064 Leu GlyPro Pro Asn Tyr Leu Gln Val Ser Lys Asp Ser Ala Ser Asn 330 335 340 agtagc aag aac tct tct tgt gac acg gat gac ttt gtt ttg gtt cca 1112 Ser SerLys Asn Ser Ser Cys Asp Thr Asp Asp Phe Val Leu Val Pro 345 350 355 cacaac atc tcg tca gac cac tca tat gac atg cca atg ggg act acg 1160 His AsnIle Ser Ser Asp His Ser Tyr Asp Met Pro Met Gly Thr Thr 360 365 370 gccaga cgc gct tca aat gaa ttc ttt atg tgt gga ggg cag tgt caa 1208 Ala ArgArg Ala Ser Asn Glu Phe Phe Met Cys Gly Gly Gln Cys Gln 375 380 385 cctact gtg tca cct cac agc gaa aca gcc cca att cca gtt cct act 1256 Pro ThrVal Ser Pro His Ser Glu Thr Ala Pro Ile Pro Val Pro Thr 390 395 400 405caa gta agg aat tat cag cgc ata gaa cag aat ctt ata tcc act gcc 1304 GlnVal Arg Asn Tyr Gln Arg Ile Glu Gln Asn Leu Ile Ser Thr Ala 410 415 420agc tct ggc aca aac cca cat ggt tct cca aga tct gca gta gta cga 1352 SerSer Gly Thr Asn Pro His Gly Ser Pro Arg Ser Ala Val Val Arg 425 430 435agg tct aat acc agc ccc atg ggc ttc ctc cgg gtt ggg tcc tgc tcc 1400 ArgSer Asn Thr Ser Pro Met Gly Phe Leu Arg Val Gly Ser Cys Ser 440 445 450cct gta cca gga gac aca gtg cag aca gga gga cga aga ctc tct act 1448 ProVal Pro Gly Asp Thr Val Gln Thr Gly Gly Arg Arg Leu Ser Thr 455 460 465ggc tct tcc agg cct tac tca cca tcc ccc ttg gtt ggt acc att cct 1496 GlySer Ser Arg Pro Tyr Ser Pro Ser Pro Leu Val Gly Thr Ile Pro 470 475 480485 gaa cag ttt agt cag tgc tgc tgt gga cat cct cag ggc cat gaa gcc 1544Glu Gln Phe Ser Gln Cys Cys Cys Gly His Pro Gln Gly His Glu Ala 490 495500 agg agt agg cac tcc tca ggt tct cca gtg cca cag acc cag gca cca 1592Arg Ser Arg His Ser Ser Gly Ser Pro Val Pro Gln Thr Gln Ala Pro 505 510515 cag tca ctc tta ctg ggt gct aga ctg cag agt gca ccc acc ctc acc 1640Gln Ser Leu Leu Leu Gly Ala Arg Leu Gln Ser Ala Pro Thr Leu Thr 520 525530 gat atc tat cag aac aag cag aag ctc aga aag cag cac tct gac cct 1688Asp Ile Tyr Gln Asn Lys Gln Lys Leu Arg Lys Gln His Ser Asp Pro 535 540545 gtg tgt ccg tcc cat gct gga gct ggg tat agt tac tca cct cag cct 1736Val Cys Pro Ser His Ala Gly Ala Gly Tyr Ser Tyr Ser Pro Gln Pro 550 555560 565 agt cgg cct ggc agc ctt ggg acc tct ccc acc aag cac acg ggg tcc1784 Ser Arg Pro Gly Ser Leu Gly Thr Ser Pro Thr Lys His Thr Gly Ser 570575 580 tct cca cgg aat tct gac tgg ttc ttt aaa act cct tta cca aca atc1832 Ser Pro Arg Asn Ser Asp Trp Phe Phe Lys Thr Pro Leu Pro Thr Ile 585590 595 att ggc tct cct act aag act aca gct cct ttc aaa atc cct aaa aca1880 Ile Gly Ser Pro Thr Lys Thr Thr Ala Pro Phe Lys Ile Pro Lys Thr 600605 610 caa gca tct tct aac ctg tta gcc ttg gtt act cgt cat ggg cct gct1928 Gln Ala Ser Ser Asn Leu Leu Ala Leu Val Thr Arg His Gly Pro Ala 615620 625 gaa agc cag tcc aaa gat ggg aat gac cct cgt gag tgt tcc cac tgc1976 Glu Ser Gln Ser Lys Asp Gly Asn Asp Pro Arg Glu Cys Ser His Cys 630635 640 645 ctc tca gta caa gga agc gag agg cat cga tct gag cag cag cagagc 2024 Leu Ser Val Gln Gly Ser Glu Arg His Arg Ser Glu Gln Gln Gln Ser650 655 660 aag gca gtg ttt ggc aga tct gtc agt act ggg aag tta tca gaacaa 2072 Lys Ala Val Phe Gly Arg Ser Val Ser Thr Gly Lys Leu Ser Glu Gln665 670 675 caa gta aag gca cct tta ggt gga cac cag ggc agc acg gat agttta 2120 Gln Val Lys Ala Pro Leu Gly Gly His Gln Gly Ser Thr Asp Ser Leu680 685 690 aac aca gaa cga cca atg gat gta gct cct gca gga gcc tgt ggtgtt 2168 Asn Thr Glu Arg Pro Met Asp Val Ala Pro Ala Gly Ala Cys Gly Val695 700 705 atg ctg gca ttg cca gca gga aca gca gca agc gcc aga gct gtcctc 2216 Met Leu Ala Leu Pro Ala Gly Thr Ala Ala Ser Ala Arg Ala Val Leu710 715 720 725 ttc acc gtg ggg tct cct cca cac agt gcc aca gcc ccc acttgt act 2264 Phe Thr Val Gly Ser Pro Pro His Ser Ala Thr Ala Pro Thr CysThr 730 735 740 cat atg gtc ctt cga aca aga acc acc tca gtg ggg tcc agcagc tca 2312 His Met Val Leu Arg Thr Arg Thr Thr Ser Val Gly Ser Ser SerSer 745 750 755 gga ggt tcc ttg tgt tct gca agt ggc cga gta tgt gtg ggctcc cct 2360 Gly Gly Ser Leu Cys Ser Ala Ser Gly Arg Val Cys Val Gly SerPro 760 765 770 cct gga cca ggg ttg ggc tct tcc cca cca gga gca gag ggagct ccc 2408 Pro Gly Pro Gly Leu Gly Ser Ser Pro Pro Gly Ala Glu Gly AlaPro 775 780 785 agc cta aga tac gtg cct tat ggt gct tca cca ccc agc ctagag ggt 2456 Ser Leu Arg Tyr Val Pro Tyr Gly Ala Ser Pro Pro Ser Leu GluGly 790 795 800 805 ctc atc acc ttt gaa gcc cct gaa cta cca gag gag acactg atg gag 2504 Leu Ile Thr Phe Glu Ala Pro Glu Leu Pro Glu Glu Thr LeuMet Glu 810 815 820 cga gag cac aca gac acc tta cgc cat ctg aac atg atgtta atg ttt 2552 Arg Glu His Thr Asp Thr Leu Arg His Leu Asn Met Met LeuMet Phe 825 830 835 act gag tgt gtg ctg gac ctg acg gca gtg agg ggt gggaac cct gag 2600 Thr Glu Cys Val Leu Asp Leu Thr Ala Val Arg Gly Gly AsnPro Glu 840 845 850 ctg tgc aca tct gct gtg tcc ttg tac cag att cag gagagt gta gtt 2648 Leu Cys Thr Ser Ala Val Ser Leu Tyr Gln Ile Gln Glu SerVal Val 855 860 865 gtg gac cag atc agc cag cta agc aaa gat tgg ggg cgggtg gag cag 2696 Val Asp Gln Ile Ser Gln Leu Ser Lys Asp Trp Gly Arg ValGlu Gln 870 875 880 885 ctg gtg ttg tac atg aag gca gca cag ctg ctg gcggct tcc ctg cat 2744 Leu Val Leu Tyr Met Lys Ala Ala Gln Leu Leu Ala AlaSer Leu His 890 895 900 ctc gcc aaa gct cag gtc aag tct ggg aag ctg agccca tcc atg gct 2792 Leu Ala Lys Ala Gln Val Lys Ser Gly Lys Leu Ser ProSer Met Ala 905 910 915 gtg aaa caa gtt gtt aaa aat ctg aat gaa aga tacaaa ttc tgc atc 2840 Val Lys Gln Val Val Lys Asn Leu Asn Glu Arg Tyr LysPhe Cys Ile 920 925 930 acc atg tgc aag aaa ctt aca gaa aag ctg aat cgcttc ttc tcc gat 2888 Thr Met Cys Lys Lys Leu Thr Glu Lys Leu Asn Arg PhePhe Ser Asp 935 940 945 aaa cag aga ttt att gat gaa atc aac agt gtg actgca gag aaa ctc 2936 Lys Gln Arg Phe Ile Asp Glu Ile Asn Ser Val Thr AlaGlu Lys Leu 950 955 960 965 atc tat aat tgt gct gtg gaa atg gtt caa tctgca gcc ctg gat gag 2984 Ile Tyr Asn Cys Ala Val Glu Met Val Gln Ser AlaAla Leu Asp Glu 970 975 980 atg ttt cag cag act gaa gac atc gtt tat cgctac cac aag gca gcc 3032 Met Phe Gln Gln Thr Glu Asp Ile Val Tyr Arg TyrHis Lys Ala Ala 985 990 995 gtt ctt ttg gaa ggc tta agt aag atc ctg caggac cct aca gat gtt 3080 Val Leu Leu Glu Gly Leu Ser Lys Ile Leu Gln AspPro Thr Asp Val 1000 1005 1010 gaa aat gtg cat aag tat aaa tgt agt attgaa aga aga ttg tca gca 3128 Glu Asn Val His Lys Tyr Lys Cys Ser Ile GluArg Arg Leu Ser Ala 1015 1020 1025 ctc tgc tgt agc act gca act gtgtgagtagcag gcttgtccgt ggactggcat 3182 Leu Cys Cys Ser Thr Ala Thr Val1030 1035 ggaacaggag gtgatacatt tgggattacg tcttggttct gtcacccatcccaggacagt 3242 gtggtgacta ccaaagaaca agcagcagct taagaaggaa gaacaatacaaaaccactac 3302 atattgtaga aaacctgcct tattggagaa gtcactcccc ctttcctttctcttcataaa 3362 agcagaacaa aaagttttcc acatggctca agttatttga acctggcaaataataaatgt 3422 accttagaac tagaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaa 3455 <210> SEQ IDNO 21 <211> LENGTH: 1037 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Mus musculus<400> SEQUENCE: 21 Met Glu Val Val Gly Asp Phe Glu Tyr Cys Lys Arg AspLeu Val Gly 1 5 10 15 His Gly Ala Phe Ala Val Val Phe Arg Gly Arg HisArg Gln Lys Thr 20 25 30 Asp Trp Glu Val Ala Ile Lys Ser Ile Asn Lys LysAsn Leu Ser Lys 35 40 45 Ser Gln Ile Leu Leu Gly Lys Glu Ile Lys Ile LeuLys Glu Leu Gln 50 55 60 His Glu Asn Ile Val Ala Leu Tyr Asp Val Gln GluLeu Pro Asn Ser 65 70 75 80 Val Phe Leu Val Met Glu Tyr Cys Asn Gly GlyAsp Leu Ala Asp Tyr 85 90 95 Leu Gln Ala Lys Gly Thr Leu Ser Glu Asp ThrIle Arg Val Phe Leu 100 105 110 His Gln Ile Ala Ala Ala Met Arg Ile LeuHis Ser Lys Gly Ile Ile 115 120 125 His Arg Asp Leu Lys Pro Gln Asn IleLeu Leu Ser Tyr Ala Asn Arg 130 135 140 Arg Lys Ser Asn Val Ser Gly IleArg Ile Lys Ile Ala Asp Phe Gly 145 150 155 160 Phe Ala Arg Tyr Leu HisSer Asn Thr Met Ala Ala Thr Leu Cys Gly 165 170 175 Ser Pro Met Tyr MetAla Pro Glu Val Ile Met Ser Gln His Tyr Asp 180 185 190 Ala Lys Ala AspLeu Trp Ser Ile Gly Thr Val Ile Tyr Gln Cys Leu 195 200 205 Val Gly LysPro Pro Phe Gln Ala Asn Ser Pro Gln Asp Leu Arg Met 210 215 220 Phe TyrGlu Lys Asn Arg Ser Leu Met Pro Ser Ile Pro Arg Glu Thr 225 230 235 240Ser Pro Tyr Leu Ala Asn Leu Leu Leu Gly Leu Leu Gln Arg Asn Gln 245 250255 Lys Asp Arg Met Asp Phe Glu Ala Phe Phe Ser His Pro Phe Leu Glu 260265 270 Gln Val Pro Val Lys Lys Ser Cys Pro Val Pro Val Pro Val Tyr Ser275 280 285 Gly Pro Val Pro Gly Ser Ser Cys Ser Ser Ser Pro Ser Cys ArgPhe 290 295 300 Ala Ser Pro Pro Ser Leu Pro Asp Met Gln His Ile Gln GluGlu Asn 305 310 315 320 Leu Ser Ser Pro Pro Leu Gly Pro Pro Asn Tyr LeuGln Val Ser Lys 325 330 335 Asp Ser Ala Ser Asn Ser Ser Lys Asn Ser SerCys Asp Thr Asp Asp 340 345 350 Phe Val Leu Val Pro His Asn Ile Ser SerAsp His Ser Tyr Asp Met 355 360 365 Pro Met Gly Thr Thr Ala Arg Arg AlaSer Asn Glu Phe Phe Met Cys 370 375 380 Gly Gly Gln Cys Gln Pro Thr ValSer Pro His Ser Glu Thr Ala Pro 385 390 395 400 Ile Pro Val Pro Thr GlnVal Arg Asn Tyr Gln Arg Ile Glu Gln Asn 405 410 415 Leu Ile Ser Thr AlaSer Ser Gly Thr Asn Pro His Gly Ser Pro Arg 420 425 430 Ser Ala Val ValArg Arg Ser Asn Thr Ser Pro Met Gly Phe Leu Arg 435 440 445 Val Gly SerCys Ser Pro Val Pro Gly Asp Thr Val Gln Thr Gly Gly 450 455 460 Arg ArgLeu Ser Thr Gly Ser Ser Arg Pro Tyr Ser Pro Ser Pro Leu 465 470 475 480Val Gly Thr Ile Pro Glu Gln Phe Ser Gln Cys Cys Cys Gly His Pro 485 490495 Gln Gly His Glu Ala Arg Ser Arg His Ser Ser Gly Ser Pro Val Pro 500505 510 Gln Thr Gln Ala Pro Gln Ser Leu Leu Leu Gly Ala Arg Leu Gln Ser515 520 525 Ala Pro Thr Leu Thr Asp Ile Tyr Gln Asn Lys Gln Lys Leu ArgLys 530 535 540 Gln His Ser Asp Pro Val Cys Pro Ser His Ala Gly Ala GlyTyr Ser 545 550 555 560 Tyr Ser Pro Gln Pro Ser Arg Pro Gly Ser Leu GlyThr Ser Pro Thr 565 570 575 Lys His Thr Gly Ser Ser Pro Arg Asn Ser AspTrp Phe Phe Lys Thr 580 585 590 Pro Leu Pro Thr Ile Ile Gly Ser Pro ThrLys Thr Thr Ala Pro Phe 595 600 605 Lys Ile Pro Lys Thr Gln Ala Ser SerAsn Leu Leu Ala Leu Val Thr 610 615 620 Arg His Gly Pro Ala Glu Ser GlnSer Lys Asp Gly Asn Asp Pro Arg 625 630 635 640 Glu Cys Ser His Cys LeuSer Val Gln Gly Ser Glu Arg His Arg Ser 645 650 655 Glu Gln Gln Gln SerLys Ala Val Phe Gly Arg Ser Val Ser Thr Gly 660 665 670 Lys Leu Ser GluGln Gln Val Lys Ala Pro Leu Gly Gly His Gln Gly 675 680 685 Ser Thr AspSer Leu Asn Thr Glu Arg Pro Met Asp Val Ala Pro Ala 690 695 700 Gly AlaCys Gly Val Met Leu Ala Leu Pro Ala Gly Thr Ala Ala Ser 705 710 715 720Ala Arg Ala Val Leu Phe Thr Val Gly Ser Pro Pro His Ser Ala Thr 725 730735 Ala Pro Thr Cys Thr His Met Val Leu Arg Thr Arg Thr Thr Ser Val 740745 750 Gly Ser Ser Ser Ser Gly Gly Ser Leu Cys Ser Ala Ser Gly Arg Val755 760 765 Cys Val Gly Ser Pro Pro Gly Pro Gly Leu Gly Ser Ser Pro ProGly 770 775 780 Ala Glu Gly Ala Pro Ser Leu Arg Tyr Val Pro Tyr Gly AlaSer Pro 785 790 795 800 Pro Ser Leu Glu Gly Leu Ile Thr Phe Glu Ala ProGlu Leu Pro Glu 805 810 815 Glu Thr Leu Met Glu Arg Glu His Thr Asp ThrLeu Arg His Leu Asn 820 825 830 Met Met Leu Met Phe Thr Glu Cys Val LeuAsp Leu Thr Ala Val Arg 835 840 845 Gly Gly Asn Pro Glu Leu Cys Thr SerAla Val Ser Leu Tyr Gln Ile 850 855 860 Gln Glu Ser Val Val Val Asp GlnIle Ser Gln Leu Ser Lys Asp Trp 865 870 875 880 Gly Arg Val Glu Gln LeuVal Leu Tyr Met Lys Ala Ala Gln Leu Leu 885 890 895 Ala Ala Ser Leu HisLeu Ala Lys Ala Gln Val Lys Ser Gly Lys Leu 900 905 910 Ser Pro Ser MetAla Val Lys Gln Val Val Lys Asn Leu Asn Glu Arg 915 920 925 Tyr Lys PheCys Ile Thr Met Cys Lys Lys Leu Thr Glu Lys Leu Asn 930 935 940 Arg PhePhe Ser Asp Lys Gln Arg Phe Ile Asp Glu Ile Asn Ser Val 945 950 955 960Thr Ala Glu Lys Leu Ile Tyr Asn Cys Ala Val Glu Met Val Gln Ser 965 970975 Ala Ala Leu Asp Glu Met Phe Gln Gln Thr Glu Asp Ile Val Tyr Arg 980985 990 Tyr His Lys Ala Ala Val Leu Leu Glu Gly Leu Ser Lys Ile Leu Gln995 1000 1005 Asp Pro Thr Asp Val Glu Asn Val His Lys Tyr Lys Cys SerIle Glu 1010 1015 1020 Arg Arg Leu Ser Ala Leu Cys Cys Ser Thr Ala ThrVal 1025 1030 1035

What is claimed is:
 1. An isolated nucleic acid encoding a polypeptidecomprising an amino acid sequence at least 80% identical to any one ofSEQ ID NOs:2, 4, 14, 16, or 21, wherein the polypeptide phosphorylates aserine or threonine residue within a protein.
 2. An isolated nucleicacid encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of anyone of SEQ ID NOs:2, 4, 14, 16, or
 21. 3. An isolated nucleic acidencoding a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of any oneof SEQ ID NOs:2, 4, 14, 16, or
 21. 4. An isolated nucleic acid whichencodes a polypeptide that phosphorylates a serine or threonine residuewithin a protein and hybridizes under high stringency conditions to anucleic acid molecule consisting of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 3, 13, 15,or 20, or the complement of any one of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 13, 15, or 20,wherein said high stringency conditions comprise hybridizing in 0.2×SSCand 0.1% SDS at 65° C. and washing in 0.2×SSC and 0.1% SDS at 65° C. 5.The isolated nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid encodes apolypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical toany one of SEQ ID NOs:2, 4, 14, 16, or 21, wherein the polypeptidephosphorylates a serine or threonine residue within a protein.
 6. Theisolated nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid encodes apolypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical toany one of SEQ ID NOs:2, 4, 14, 16, or 21, wherein the polypeptidephosphorylates a serine or threonine residue within a protein.
 7. Avector comprising the nucleic acid of claim
 1. 8. A vector comprisingthe nucleic acid of claim
 2. 9. A vector comprising the nucleic acid ofclaim
 3. 10. A vector comprising the nucleic acid of claim
 4. 11. Avector comprising the nucleic acid of claim
 5. 12. A cultural host cellcomprising the nucleic acid of claim
 1. 13. A cultural host cellcomprising the nucleic acid of claim
 2. 14. A cultural host cellcomprising the nucleic acid of claim
 3. 15. A cultural host cellcomprising the nucleic acid of claim
 4. 16. A cultural host cellcomprising the nucleic acid of claim
 5. 17. A vector comprising thenucleic acid of claim
 6. 18. A cultured host cell comprising the nucleicacid of claim 6.